Hebrews 4:12

Modern English Version

For the word of God is alive, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Cross References

Psalm 110:2

The Lord will send your mighty scepter out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Psalm 139:2

You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You perceive my thought from afar.

Psalm 149:6

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand,

Psalm 45:3

Gird your sword upon your thigh, O Mighty One, with your glory and your majesty.

Proverbs 5:4

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

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like iron-tipped goads, and like well-driven nails are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and reprove with fairness for the meek of the earth. He shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 49:2

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He has hidden me and made me a select arrow; in His quiver He has hidden me.

Isaiah 55:11

so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not My word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Luke 8:11

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

John 12:48

He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him. The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. The bread which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

Acts 2:37

When they heard this, they were stung in the heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

Acts 4:31

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Acts 5:33

When they heard this, they were cut to the heart with rage and took counsel to kill them.

Acts 7:38

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

Romans 1:16

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

1 Corinthians 1:24

But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, we preach Christ as the power of God and the wisdom of God.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as many are who peddle the word of God. Instead, being sent by God, we sincerely speak in Christ in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the secret things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by expressing the truth and commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Ephesians 5:13

But all things are exposed when they are revealed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

Ephesians 5:26

that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Ephesians 6:17

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

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this reason we thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the very God of peace sanctify you completely. And I pray to God that your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember those who rule over you, who have proclaimed to you the word of God. Follow their faith, considering the results it has produced in their lives.

Hebrews 6:5

and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

James 1:18

Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

Revelation 1:16

He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. His appearance was like the sun shining brightly.

Revelation 19:15

Out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword, with which He may strike the nations. “He shall rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury and wrath of God the Almighty.

Revelation 19:21

The remnant were slain with the sword which proceeded out of the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.

Revelation 2:16

Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will war against them with the sword of My mouth.

Revelation 2:23

I will put her children to death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the hearts and minds. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

Revelation 20:4

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and the authority to judge was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness of Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for one thousand years.

Judges 3:16

Ehud made a cubit-long two-edged sword for himself and strapped it onto his right thigh under his cloak.