Ephesians 6:17

New Century Version

Accept God’s salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:36

You protect me with your saving shield. You have stooped to make me great.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my tongue like a sharp sword. He hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me like a sharp arrow. He hid me in the holder for his arrows.

Isaiah 59:17

He covered himself with goodness like armor. He put the helmet of salvation on his head. He put on his clothes for punishing and wrapped himself in the coat of his strong love.

Hosea 6:5

I have warned you by my prophets that I will kill you and destroy you. My justice comes out like bright light.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he told me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord All-Powerful.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person lives not on bread alone, but by everything God says.’ ”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus answered him, “It also says in the Scriptures, ‘Do not test the Lord your God.’ ”

Ephesians 5:26

to make it belong to God. Christ used the word to make the church clean by washing it with water.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But we belong to the day, so we should control ourselves. We should wear faith and love to protect us, and the hope of salvation should be our helmet.

Hebrews 4:12

God’s word is alive and working and is sharper than a double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into us, where the soul and the spirit are joined, to the center of our joints and bones. And it judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.

Hebrews 6:5

They found out how good God’s word is, and they received the powers of his new world.

Revelation 1:16

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

Revelation 12:11

And our brothers and sisters defeated him by the blood of the Lamb’s death and by the message they preached. They did not love their lives so much that they were afraid of death.

Revelation 19:15

Out of the rider’s mouth comes a sharp sword that he will use to defeat the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will crush out the wine in the winepress of the terrible anger of God the Almighty.

Revelation 2:16

So change your hearts and lives. If you do not, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

1 Samuel 17:5

with a bronze helmet on his head and a coat of bronze armor that weighed about one hundred twenty-five pounds.

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul asked him, “Young man, who is your father?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”