Hebrews 4:12
For, living, is the word of God, and, energetic, and more cutting than any knife with two edges, and penetrating as far as a dividing asunder of soul and spirit, of joints also, and marrow, and able to judge the impulses and designs of the heart;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Judges 3:16So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length,—and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh.
Psalms 110:2Thy sceptre of strength, will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down, in the midst of thy foes.
Psalms 139:2Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:
Proverbs 5:4But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
Isaiah 11:4But he will judge with righteousness! them who are poor, And decide with equity! for the oppressed of the land,—And he will smite the land With the sceptre of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips, will he slay the lawless one;
Isaiah 55:11So, shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, It shall not return unto me void,—But shall accomplish that which I please, And shall prosper in that whereunto I have 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 →