The Bible is living and active
The Bible is living and active. Sharper than a sword, it discerns our thoughts and intentions.
Wisdom 18:16. Bearing as a sharp sword your unfeigned commandment; And standing it filled all things with death; And while it touched the heaven it trode upon the earth.
Isaiah 34:5. For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
Jeremiah 5:14. Therefore the LORD, the God of Hosts says, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them.
Hosea 6:5. Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
Ephesians 6:17. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
1 Thessalonians 2:13. For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
Hebrews 4:12. For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, 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.
Revelation 1:16. He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Revelation 2:12. To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
Revelation 19:15. Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
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The Bible is living and active. The Bible is living and active. Sharper than a sword, it discerns our thoughts and intentions.
The Sword of the Spirit. In the Bible, the word “sword” can often be taken as a euphemism for “the Bible.” Here are the verses about this.
Is not my word like fire? The Bible sometimes associates fire with the presence of the Most High God.
All Scripture is God-breathed. The Scripture texts have a human author. But that human author was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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