'Lift' in the Bible

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from off you—and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”

As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen down on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

and said to them, “Go across to the ark of the Lord your God in the middle of the Jordan. Each of you lift a stone onto his shoulder, one for each of the Israelite tribes,

Those who oppose the Lord will be shattered;He will thunder in the heavens against them.The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.He will give power to His king;He will lift up the horn of His anointed.

Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord because they sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they didn’t tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to execute the priests of the Lord.

He said to his men, “I swear before the Lord: I would never do such a thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed. I will never lift my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.”

You can see with your own eyes that the Lord handed you over to me today in the cave. Someone advised me to kill you, but I took pity on you and said: I won’t lift my hand against my lord, since he is the Lord’s anointed.

But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be blameless?”

However, because of the Lord, I will never lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and the water jug by his head, and let’s go.”

May the Lord repay every man for his righteousness and his loyalty. I wasn’t willing to lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed, even though the Lord handed you over to me today.

David questioned him, “How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

And I said:My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.

If I am wicked, woe to me!And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.I am filled with shameand aware of my affliction.

As for you, if you redirect your heartand lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

Then you will delight in the Almightyand lift up your face to God.

When others are humiliated and you say, “Lift them up,”God will save the humble.

You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;You scatter me in the storm.

Rise up, Lord, in Your anger;lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;awake for me;You have ordained a judgment.

Be gracious to me, Lord;consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.Lift me up from the gates of death,

Rise up, Lord God! Lift up Your hand.Do not forget the afflicted.

Let us shout for joy at your victoryand lift the banner in the name of our God.May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.

Lift up your heads, you gates!Rise up, ancient doors!Then the King of glory will come in.

Lift up your heads, you gates!Rise up, ancient doors!Then the King of glory will come in.

Listen to the sound of my pleadingwhen I cry to You for help,when I lift up my handstoward Your holy sanctuary.

So I will praise You as long as I live;at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

Do not lift up your horn against heavenor speak arrogantly.’”

The brave-hearted have been plundered;they have slipped into their final sleep.None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

Lift up a song—play the tambourine,the melodious lyre, and the harp.

The floods have lifted up, Lord,the floods have lifted up their voice;the floods lift up their pounding waves.

He will drink from the brook by the road;therefore, He will lift up His head.

I will lift up my hands to Your commands,which I love,and will meditate on Your statutes.

A song of ascents.I lift my eyes to You,the One enthroned in heaven.

Lift up your hands in the holy placeand praise the Lord!

furthermore, if you call out to insightand lift your voice to understanding,

For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.

When you lift up your hands in prayer,I will refuse to look at you;even if you offer countless prayers,I will not listen.Your hands are covered with blood.

Does an ax exalt itselfabove the one who chops with it?Does a saw magnify itselfabove the one who saws with it?It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

He will lift up a banner for the nationsand gather the dispersed of Israel;He will collect the scattered of Judahfrom the four corners of the earth.

Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.Call out to them.Wave your hand, and they will gothrough the gates of the nobles.

“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.“Now I will lift Myself up.Now I will be exalted.

They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;they set it in its place, and there it stands;it does not budge from its place.They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;it saves no one from his trouble.

This is what the Lord God says:Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,and raise My banner to the peoples.They will bring your sons in their arms,and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

The voices of your watchmen—they lift up their voices,shouting for joy together;for every eye will seewhen the Lord returns to Zion.

Lift up a signal flag toward Zion.Run for cover! Don’t stand still!For I am bringing disaster from the north—a great destruction.

ק QofArise, cry out in the nightfrom the first watch of the night.Pour out your heart like waterbefore the Lord’s presence.Lift up your hands to Himfor the lives of your childrenwho are fainting from hungeron the corner of every street.

Let us lift up our hearts and our handsto God in heaven:

And while they look on, lift the bags to your shoulder and take them out in the dark; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

The prince who is among them will lift his bags to his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land with his eyes.

I am against you.This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.I will lift your skirts over your faceand display your nakedness to nations,your shame to kingdoms.

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.

But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near!”

So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own. But just as the Father taught Me, I say these things.