Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Judges 3:16And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Psalms 110:2Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Psalms 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Proverbs 5:4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide 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.
Isaiah 55:11so 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.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:12-16
Serious Exhortation; The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged 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. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes… Read the whole commentary →