Jeremiah 23:29

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““Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?””

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BSBPD

““Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Is it not thus? My word <FI>is<Fi> as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer--it breaketh in pieces a rock.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 23:29 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 5:14Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
  2. Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
  3. Luke 24:32They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
  4. John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  5. Acts 2:3They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
  6. Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
  7. 2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
  8. 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
  9. Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
  10. Revelation 11:5If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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