A Devouring Flame Jeremiah 5:14 (NIV) 14 Therefore this is what the LORD God Almighty says: "Because the people have spoken these words, I will make my words in your mouth a fire and these people the wood it consumes.
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A Devouring Flame Jeremiah 5:14 (KJV) 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
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A Crushing Hammer Jeremiah 23:29 (NIV) 29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
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A Crushing Hammer Jeremiah 23:29 (KJV) 29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
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A Life-giving Force Ezekiel 37:7 (NIV) 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
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A Life-giving Force Ezekiel 37:7 (KJV) 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
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An Expanding Impact Acts 19:20 (NIV) 20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
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An Expanding Impact Acts 19:20 (KJV) 20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
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A Saving Power Romans 1:16 (NIV) 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
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A Saving Power Romans 1:16 (KJV) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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A Defensive Weapon Ephesians 6:17 (NIV) 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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A Defensive Weapon Ephesians 6:17 (KJV) 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
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A Probing Instrument Hebrews 4:12 (NIV) 12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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A Probing Instrument Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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