Hebrews 4:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For the word of God is living and effective  and sharper than any double-edged sword,  penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:29

‘Is not my word like fire’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and like a hammer that pulverises rock?

Isaiah 55:11

so my word that comes from my mouth will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.’

Ephesians 6:17

Take the helmet  of salvation and the sword  of the Spirit   #– #which is the word of God.

1 Peter 1:23

because you have been born again   #– #not of perishable seed  but of imperishable #– #through the living and enduring word of God.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow; he hid me in his quiver.

Revelation 1:16

He had seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from his mouth,  and his face was shining like the sun at full strength.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is,  the word of God,  which also works effectively in you who believe.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart  , to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel,  , because it is the power of God for salvation  to everyone who believes, first to the Jew,  and also to the Greek.

Revelation 19:15

A sharp  sword  came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it.  He will rule  them with an iron rod.  He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God,  the Almighty.

Ephesians 5:13

Everything exposed by the light is made visible,

Luke 8:11

‘This is the meaning of the parable:   The seed is the word of God.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live   for ever.   The bread that I will give for the life   of the world is my flesh.’

Isaiah 11:4

but he will judge the poor righteously and execute justice for the oppressed of the land. He will strike the land with a sceptre  from his mouth, and he will kill the wicked with a command  from his lips.

Revelation 19:21

The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds ate their fill of their flesh.

Revelation 2:16

So repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly   and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.

Acts 4:31

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.

Acts 2:37

When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do? ’

Revelation 2:23

I will strike her children dead.   , Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts,   and I will give to each of you according to your works.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge.  I also saw the souls of those  who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus  and because of the word of God, who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands.  They came to life  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may the God of peace  himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit,  soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming  of our Lord  Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting  deceitfully or distorting the word of God,  but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.

Proverbs 5:4

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

James 1:18

By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The sayings of the wise are like cattle prods,  and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails.  The sayings are given by one Shepherd.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we do not market the word of God  for profit like so many.  On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

1 Corinthians 1:24

Yet to those who are called,  both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,

Acts 5:33

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

John 12:48

The one who rejects me   and doesn’t receive my sayings has this as his judge:   The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Acts 7:38

He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors.  He received living oracles to give to us.

Ephesians 5:26

to make her holy, cleansing  her with the washing of water by the word.

Hebrews 6:5

who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age,

Judges 3:16

Ehud made himself a double-edged sword forty-five centimetres long.  He strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes