Hebrews 4:12 KJV
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Words Then and Now
- quick alive; living Still heard today: the quick and the dead, the living and the dead, as the Apostles’ Creed is still said in many churches Webster’s 1828 · Quick
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Arguments and motives to faith and hope in our approaches to GodObserve the end proposed: rest spiritual and eternal; the rest of grace here, and glory hereafter; in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. After due and...
Thompson Chains
- Power of "WordLast of 6 links
- Exposure of SinSee the chain from Numbers 32:23 · 5 links
- SearcherSee the chain from 1 Chronicles 28:9 · 4 links
- Hearts ReadSee the chain from Proverbs 15:11 · 9 links
Cross References
- Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
- Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
- Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
- Isaiah 49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
- 1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
- Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- Psalms 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
- 1 Corinthians 14:24–25 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: …
- Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) …
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
- 1 Peter 2:4–5 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, …
- Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
- Psalms 149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
- Revelation 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
- Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
- Revelation 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
- Psalms 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- Ephesians 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
- Hebrews 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
- Psalms 45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
- Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Proverbs 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
- Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
- 2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
- Psalms 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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Topics
- Heart Known to God
- Man Spirit
- Regeneration General scriptures concerning
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- Sword Two-edged
- Word of God Word of God
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The Epistle to the Hebrews
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Greek and Strong’s
- For γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
- the word ὁ ho Article · nominative masculine singular λόγος logos λόγος Noun · nominative masculine singular
- of God τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular Θεοῦ Theou θεός Noun · genitive masculine singular
- quick Ζῶν Zōn ζάω Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- powerful ἐνεργής energēs ἐνεργής Adjective · nominative masculine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- sharper τομώτερος tomōteros τομώτερος Adjective · nominative masculine singular
- than ὑπὲρ hyper ὑπέρ Preposition
- any πᾶσαν pasan πᾶς Article · accusative feminine singular
- twoedged δίστομον distomon δίστομος Adjective · accusative feminine singular
- sword μάχαιραν machairan μάχαιρα Noun · accusative feminine singular
- piercing διϊκνούμενος diiknoumenos διϊκνέομαι Verb · present middle participle, nominative masculine singular
- even to ἄχρι achri ἄχρι Preposition
- the dividing asunder μερισμοῦ merismou μερισμός Noun · genitive masculine singular
- of soul ψυχῆς psychēs ψυχή Noun · genitive feminine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Adverb τὲ te τέ Conjunction
- spirit πνεύματος pneumatos πνεῦμα Noun · genitive neuter singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction τε te τέ Conjunction
- of the joints ἁρμῶν harmōn ἁρμός Noun · genitive masculine plural
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- marrow μυελῶν myelōn μυελός Noun · genitive masculine plural
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- a discerner κριτικὸς kritikos κριτικός Adjective · nominative masculine singular
- of the thoughts ἐνθυμήσεων enthymēseōn ἐνθύμησις Noun · genitive feminine plural
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- intents ἐννοιῶν ennoiōn ἔννοια Noun · genitive feminine plural
- of the heart καρδίας kardias καρδία Noun · genitive feminine singular
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