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Sword
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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.
Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
They said, “Lord, behold, here are two swords.” He said to them, “That is enough.”
He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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.
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
so shall my word be that goes 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.
Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. — read the full passage →
and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.
By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.”
My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim/f + cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10./f* at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →
They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near. — read the full passage →
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.
They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon; — read the full passage →
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
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.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all. — read the full passage →
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears”;
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” — read the full passage →
For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.
Isn’t my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
I will bring a sword upon you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant. You will be gathered together within your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you. You will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →
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. — read the full passage →
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. — read the full passage →
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
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.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. — read the full passage →
Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →
And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.
Another came out, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—
You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
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