Hebrews 4:12

God's Word

God’s word is living and active. It is sharper than any two-edged sword and cuts as deep as the place where soul and spirit meet, the place where joints and marrow meet. God’s word judges a person’s thoughts and intentions.

Cross References

Psalm 110:2

The Lord will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. Rule your enemies who surround you.

Psalm 119:130

Your word is a doorway that lets in light, and it helps gullible people understand.

Psalm 139:2

You alone know when I sit down and when I get up. You read my thoughts from far away.

Psalm 149:6

Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands

Psalm 45:3

O warrior, strap your sword to your side with your splendor and majesty.

Proverbs 5:4

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

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Words from wise people are like spurs. Their collected sayings are like nails that have been driven in firmly. They come from one shepherd.

Isaiah 11:4

He will judge the poor justly. He will make fair decisions for the humble people on earth. He will strike the earth with a rod from his mouth. He will kill the wicked with the breath from his lips.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my tongue like a sharp sword and hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow and hid me in his quiver.

Isaiah 55:11

My word, which comes from my mouth, is like the rain and snow. It will not come back to me without results. It will accomplish whatever I want and achieve whatever I send it to do.”

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.

Jeremiah 23:29

“Isn’t my word like fire or like a hammer that shatters a rock?” asks the Lord.

Luke 8:11

“This is what the story illustrates: The seed is God’s word.

John 12:48

Those who reject me by not accepting what I say have a judge appointed for them. The words that I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I will give to bring life to the world is my flesh.”

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they were deeply upset. They asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Acts 4:31

When they had finished praying, their meeting place shook. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God’s word boldly.

Acts 5:33

When the men on the council heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute the apostles.

Acts 7:38

This is the Moses who was in the assembly in the desert. Our ancestors and the Messenger who spoke to him on Mount Sinai were there with him. Moses received life-giving messages to give to us,

Romans 1:16

I’m not ashamed of the Good News. It is God’s power to save everyone who believes, Jews first and Greeks as well.

1 Corinthians 1:24

But to those Jews and Greeks who are called, he is Christ, God’s power and God’s wisdom.

2 Corinthians 2:17

At least we don’t go around selling an impure word of God like many others. The opposite is true. As Christ’s spokesmen and in God’s presence, we speak the pure message that comes from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have refused to use secret and shameful ways. We don’t use tricks, and we don’t distort God’s word. As God watches, we clearly reveal the truth to everyone. This is our ⌞letter of⌟ recommendation.

Ephesians 5:13

Light exposes the true character of everything

Ephesians 5:26

He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.

Ephesians 6:17

Also take salvation as your helmet and God’s word as the sword that the Spirit supplies.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Here is another reason why we never stop thanking God: When you received God’s word from us, you realized it wasn’t human words. Instead, you accepted it for what it really is—God’s word. This word is at work in you believers.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God who gives peace make you holy in every way. May he keep your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. Think about how their lives turned out, and imitate their faith.

Hebrews 6:5

They experienced the goodness of God’s word and the powers of the world to come.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again, not from a seed that can be destroyed, but through God’s everlasting word that can’t be destroyed. That’s why ⌞Scripture says⌟,

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines in all its brightness.

Revelation 19:15

A sharp sword comes out of his mouth to defeat the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter and tread the winepress of the fierce anger of God Almighty.

Revelation 19:21

The rider on the horse killed the rest with the sword that came out of his mouth. All the birds gorged themselves on the flesh of those who had been killed.

Revelation 2:16

So return to me and change the way you think and act, or I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword from my mouth.

Revelation 2:23

I will kill her children. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.

Revelation 20:4

I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were allowed to judge. Then I saw the souls of those whose heads had been cut off because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word. They had not worshiped the beast or its statue and were not branded on their foreheads or hands. They lived and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years.

Judges 3:16

Ehud made a two-edged dagger for himself. He fastened it to his right side under his clothes.