Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Cross References (37)

  • Jeremiah 23:29 (210)

    “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

  • Isaiah 55:11 (191)

    so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will pr

  • Ephesians 6:17 (120)

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

  • Psalms 119:130 (111)

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

  • 1 Peter 1:23 (94)

    For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  • Isaiah 49:2 (86)

    He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in

  • Revelation 1:16 (71)

    He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shi

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (67)

    And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as t

  • Jeremiah 17:10 (65)

    I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

  • Romans 1:16 (57)

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

  • Psalms 149:6 (51)

    May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,

  • Revelation 19:15 (48)

    And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scep

  • Ephesians 5:13 (46)

    But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

  • Luke 8:11 (46)

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

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (45)

    The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

  • Psalms 139:2 (40)

    You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

  • John 6:51 (39)

    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, wh

  • 1 Peter 2:4–5 (37)

    As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

  • 1 Corinthians 14:24–25 (33)

    But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to a

  • Revelation 19:21 (32)

    And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds

  • Revelation 2:16 (32)

    Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

  • Hebrews 13:7 (32)

    Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their fait

  • Acts 2:37 (31)

    When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we

  • Isaiah 11:4 (31)

    but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike

  • Psalms 45:3 (31)

    Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

  • Acts 4:31 (31)

    After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word

  • Revelation 2:23 (30)

    Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, an

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (28)

    Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless a

  • 2 Corinthians 4:2 (27)

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On th

  • Revelation 20:4 (27)

    Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had

  • Proverbs 5:4 (27)

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

  • James 1:18 (24)

    He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:11 (22)

    The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a sing

  • 2 Corinthians 2:17 (21)

    For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before Go

  • Psalms 110:2 (18)

    The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

  • 1 Corinthians 1:24 (14)

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

  • Acts 5:33 (8)

    When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.