Luke 8:11

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

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.

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand,

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

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.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, 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.

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

“Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

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.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

and as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

The farmer sows the word.

He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,