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 is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Judges 3:16Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
Psalms 110:2The Lord will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion.Rule in the midst of your enemies.
Psalms 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up.You perceive my thoughts from afar.
Proverbs 5:4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the poor,and decide with equity for the humble of the earth.He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
Isaiah 55:11so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth:it shall not return to me void,but it shall accomplish that which I please,and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
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 →