Hebrews 4:12

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Cross References

Psalm 110:2

Great are the works of the Lord, exquisite in all his intentions.

Psalm 139:2

Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.

Psalm 149:6

The exultations of God will be in their throat, and two-edged swords will be in their hands:

Psalm 45:3

Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea.

Proverbs 5:4

But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like a goad, and like nails deeply fastened, which, through the counsel of teachers, are set forth by one pastor.

Isaiah 11:4

Instead, he will judge the poor with justice, and he will reprove the meek of the earth with fairness. And he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and he will slay the impious with the spirit of his lips.

Isaiah 49:2

And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.

Isaiah 55:11

so also will my word be, which will go forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish whatever I will, and it will prosper in the tasks for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 17:10

I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.

Jeremiah 23:29

Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock?

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

John 12:48

Whoever despises me and does not accept my words has one who judges him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him on the last day.

John 6:51

I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.

Acts 2:37

Now when they had heard these things, they were contrite in heart, and they said to Peter and to the other Apostles: "What should we do, noble brothers?"

Acts 4:31

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered was moved. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they were speaking the Word of God with confidence.

Acts 5:33

When they had heard these things, they were deeply wounded, and they were planning to put them to death.

Acts 7:38

This is he who was in the Church in the wilderness, with the Angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. It is he who received the words of life to give to us.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation for all believers, the Jew first, and the Greek.

1 Corinthians 1:24

But to those who have been called, Jews as well as Greeks, the Christ is the virtue of God and the wisdom of God.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:2

For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.

Ephesians 5:13

But all things that are disputed are made manifest by the light. For all that is made manifest is light.

Ephesians 5:26

so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,

Ephesians 6:17

And take up the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God).

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this reason also, we give thanks to God without ceasing: because, when you had accepted from us the Word of the hearing of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but (as it truly is) as the Word of God, who is working in you who have believed.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders, who have spoken the Word of God to you, whose faith you imitate, by observing the goal of their way of life:

Hebrews 6:5

who, despite having tasted the good Word of God and the virtues of the future age, have yet fallen away,

James 1:18

For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, not from corruptible seed, but from what is incorruptible, from the Word of God, living and remaining for all eternity.

Revelation 1:16

And in his right hand, he held the seven stars; and from his mouth went out a sharp two-edged sword; and his face was like the sun, shining with all its might.

Revelation 19:15

And from his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, so that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with an iron rod. And he treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

Revelation 19:21

And the others were slain by the sword that proceeds from the mouth of him who was sitting upon the horse. And all the birds were sated with their flesh.

Revelation 2:16

So do penance to the same extent. If you do less, I will come to you quickly and I will fight against these ones with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 2:23

And I will put her sons to death, and all the Churches shall know that I am the one who examines temperaments and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. But I say to you,

Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones. And they sat upon them. And judgment was given to them. And the souls of those beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the Word of God, and who did not adore the beast, nor his image, nor accept his character on their foreheads or on their hands: they lived and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Judges 3:16

And he made for himself a two-edged sword, having a handle, reaching to the middle, the length of the palm of a hand. And he was girded with it under his cloak, on the right thigh.