Hebrews 4:12-13

A Rest for the People of God

¹² For _w the word of God is living and _x active, _y sharper than any _z two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and _a discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³ And _b no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are _c naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

1. Cross References
   1 Peter 1:23
   Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 23:29
   Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
   1 Thessalonians 2:13
   And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 49:2
   He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away.
   Ephesians 6:17
   And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
   
4. Cross References
   Proverbs 5:4
   But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
   Revelation 1:16
   In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
   Revelation 2:12
   And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 14:24 - 25
   But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 16:9
   For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.
   Job 34:21
   For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
   Psalms 33:13 - 15
   The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man.
   
7. Cross References
   Job 26:6
   Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.