2009-10-01T23:08:28-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/kind+word/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2012:25&version=NIV 2009-10-01T23:08:28-05:00 The words we speak have tremendous power over others--power to bring them down or to lift them up. The Bible clearly encourages us to use our words to comfort and build up others, not to tear them down.