Wisdom 18:15-16
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15 Your all-powerful word from heaven’s royal throne
leapt into the doomed land,(A)
16 a fierce warrior bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree,
And alighted, and filled every place with death,
and touched heaven, while standing upon the earth.(B)
Isaiah 49:2
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2 He made my mouth like a sharp-edged sword,
concealed me, shielded by his hand.
He made me a sharpened arrow,
in his quiver he hid me.
Ephesians 6:17
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17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.(A)
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Revelation 1:16
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16 In his right hand he held seven stars.[a] A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest.(A)
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- 1:16 Seven stars: in the pagan world, Mithras and the Caesars were represented with seven stars in their right hand, symbolizing their universal dominion. A sharp two-edged sword: this refers to the word of God (cf. Eph 6:17; Hb 4:12) that will destroy unrepentant sinners; cf. Rev 2:16; 19:15; Wis 18:15; Is 11:4; 49:2. His face…brightest: this symbolizes the divine majesty of Christ; cf. Rev 10:1; 21:23; Jgs 5:31; Is 60:19; Mt 17:2.
Revelation 2:12
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12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum,[a] write this:
“‘The one with the sharp two-edged sword says this:
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- 2:12 Pergamum: modern Bergama, ca. forty-five miles northeast of Smyrna, a center for various kinds of pagan worship. It also had an outstanding library (the word parchment is derived from its name).
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