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Hebrews 4:12

For God's word is alive and effective, sharper than any twin-edged sword, so penetrating it separates life and breath, bone joints and their marrow, judging the thoughts and intentions of the mind.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11As a result we should try hard to enter that rest so nobody falls through following the same bad example of disobedience.

13No living being is hidden from his sight; everything is exposed and visible to the one we're accountable to.

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Cross References

Judges 3:16Ehud had made for himself a cubit long double-edged sword, and he strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes.

Psalms 110:2The Lord will expand your royal power from Zion; you will rule over your enemies.

Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I'm thinking even when I'm a long way away.

Proverbs 5:4but in the end what you get from her is the bitterness of wormwood and the sharp pain of being cut with a two-edged sword.

Isaiah 11:4Instead, he will judge the poor justly, and make decisions fairly on behalf of the destitute people of the earth. He will strike the earth when he pronounces judgment, and he will execute the wicked with just a word from his lips.

Isaiah 55:11In the same way the words I say don't come back to me unfulfilled, they accomplish what I want—they successfully achieve my purpose.

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 →

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