Hebrews 4:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

God’s word is alive and working. It is sharper than the sharpest sword and cuts all the way into us. It cuts deep to the place where the soul and the spirit are joined. God’s word cuts to the center of our joints and our bones. It judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:29

Yes, the Lord says, “You must treat my message carefully, like a fire or like a hammer that can smash a rock.”

Isaiah 55:11

In the same way, my words leave my mouth, and they don’t come back without results. My words make the things happen that I want to happen. They succeed in doing what I send them to do.

Ephesians 6:17

Accept God’s salvation as your helmet. And take the sword of the Spirit—that sword is the teaching of God.

Psalm 119:130

As people understand your word, it brings light to their lives. Your word makes even simple people wise.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again. This new life did not come from something that dies. It came from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s life-giving message that lasts forever.

Isaiah 49:2

He used me to speak for him. He used me like a sharp sword, but he also held me in his hand to protect me. He used me like a sharp arrow, but he also kept me safe in his arrow bag.

Revelation 1:16

He held seven stars in his right hand. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. He looked like the sun shining at its brightest time.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Also, we always thank God because of the way you accepted his message. You heard it and accepted it as God’s message, not our own. And it really is God’s message. And it works in you who believe.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I am the Lord, and I can look into a person’s heart. I can test a person’s mind and decide what each one should have. I can give each person the right payment for what they do.

Romans 1:16

I am proud of the Good News, because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes—to save the Jews first, and now to save those who are not Jews.

Psalm 149:6

Let the people shout praise to God. And with a sharp sword in their hand,

Revelation 19:15

A sharp sword came out of the rider’s mouth, a sword that he would use to defeat the nations. And he will rule the nations with a rod of iron. He will crush the grapes in the winepress of the terrible anger of God All-Powerful.

Ephesians 5:13

But the light makes clear how wrong those things are.

Luke 8:11

“This is what the story means: The seed is God’s teaching.

Psalm 139:2

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

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give my body so that the people in the world can have life.”

Isaiah 11:4

He will judge the poor fairly and honestly. He will be fair when he decides what to do for the poor of the land. If he decides people should be beaten, he will give the command, and they will be beaten. If he decides people must die, he will give the command, and those evil people will be killed. Goodness and fairness will be like a belt he wears around his waist.

Psalm 45:3

Put on your sword, mighty warrior, so impressive in your splendid uniform.

Revelation 19:21

Their armies were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse. All the birds ate these bodies until they were full.

Revelation 2:16

So change your hearts! If you don’t change, I will come to you quickly and fight against these people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders. They taught God’s message to you. Remember how they lived and died, and copy their faith.

Acts 4:31

After the believers prayed, the place where they were meeting shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak God’s message without fear.

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they felt very, very sorry. They asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will see that I am the one who knows what people feel and think. And I will repay each of you for what you have done.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw some thrones and people sitting on them. These were the ones who had been given the power to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been killed because they were faithful to the truth of Jesus and the message from God. They did not worship the beast or its idol. They did not receive the mark of the beast on their foreheads or on their hands. They came back to life and ruled with Christ for 1000 years.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

We pray that God himself, the God of peace, will make you pure—belonging only to him. We pray that your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—will be kept safe and be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.

Proverbs 5:4

But in the end, she will bring only bitterness and pain. It will be like bitter poison and a sharp sword.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the true message he sent to us. He wanted us to be the most important of all that he created.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Words from the wise are like sharp goads. When these sayings are written down and saved, they can be used to guide people, just as a shepherd uses a sharp stick to make his sheep go the right way.

2 Corinthians 2:17

Certainly not those who are out there selling God’s message for a profit! But we don’t do that. With Christ’s help we speak God’s truth honestly, knowing that we must answer to him.

Psalm 110:2

The Lord will cause your kingdom to grow, beginning at Zion, until you rule the lands of your enemies!

1 Corinthians 1:24

But Christ is God’s power and wisdom to the people God has chosen, both Jews and Greeks.

Acts 5:33

When the council members heard this, they became very angry. They began to plan a way to kill the apostles.

John 12:48

But there is a judge for all those who refuse to believe in me and do not accept what I say. The message I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

Acts 7:38

This same Moses was with the gathering of God’s people in the desert. He was with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and he was with our ancestors. He received life-giving words from God to give to us.

Ephesians 5:26

He died to make the church holy. He used the telling of the Good News to make the church clean by washing it with water.

Judges 3:16

Ehud made himself a sword with two sharp edges that was about 12 inches long. He tied the sword to his right thigh and hid it under his uniform.