'Right Hand' in the Bible

So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left.”

Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.

But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”

The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

“Your right hand, O Lord, is majestic in power,Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

“You stretched out Your right hand,The earth swallowed them.

You shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the rest of the blood around on the altar.

Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

He also had Aaron’s sons come near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then sprinkled the rest of the blood around on the altar.

The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering;

Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.

The angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn to the right hand or the left.

He said,“The Lord came from Sinai,And dawned on them from Seir;He shone forth from Mount Paran,And He came from the midst of ten thousand holy ones;At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.

Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

“She reached out her hand for the tent peg,And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head;And she shattered and pierced his temple.

When the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and cried, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left.

Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

Heman’s brother Asaph stood at his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin.

Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam on his left hand.

“On the right hand their brood arises;They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

“Then I will also confess to you,That your own right hand can save you.

I have set the Lord continually before me;Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

You will make known to me the path of life;In Your presence is fullness of joy;In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right handFrom those who rise up against them.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your right hand upholds me;And Your gentleness makes me great.

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;He will answer him from His holy heavenWith the saving strength of His right hand.

Your hand will find out all your enemies;Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

In whose hands is a wicked scheme,And whose right hand is full of bribes.

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,And their own arm did not save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,For You favored them.

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

As is Your name, O God,So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is full of righteousness.

That Your beloved may be delivered,Save with Your right hand, and answer us!

My soul clings to You;Your right hand upholds me.

Nevertheless I am continually with You;You have taken hold of my right hand.

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?From within Your bosom, destroy them!

Then I said, “It is my grief,That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

So He brought them to His holy land,To this hill country which His right hand had gained.

Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

You have a strong arm;Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted.

“I shall also set his hand on the seaAnd his right hand on the rivers.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;You have made all his enemies rejoice.

A thousand may fall at your sideAnd ten thousand at your right hand,But it shall not approach you.

A Psalm.O sing to the Lord a new song,For He has done wonderful things,His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

That Your beloved may be delivered,Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

Appoint a wicked man over him,And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

For He stands at the right hand of the needy,To save him from those who judge his soul.

A Psalm of David.The Lord says to my Lord:“Sit at My right handUntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

The Lord is at Your right hand;He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted;The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade on your right hand.

If I forget you, O Jerusalem,May my right hand forget her skill.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,And Your right hand will save me.

Even there Your hand will lead me,And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

Whose mouths speak deceit,And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,Whose mouth speaks deceitAnd whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Long life is in her right hand;In her left hand are riches and honor.

He who would restrain her restrains the wind,And grasps oil with his right hand.

“Let his left hand be under my headAnd his right hand embrace me.”

“Let his left hand be under my headAnd his right hand embrace me.”

They slice off what is on the right hand but still are hungry,And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.

‘Do not fear, for I am with you;Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

“For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand,Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed,Whom I have taken by the right hand,To subdue nations before himAnd to loose the loins of kings;To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

“Surely My hand founded the earth,And My right hand spread out the heavens;When I call to them, they stand together.

The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,Who divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,

“As I live,” declares the Lord, “even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off;

In fierce anger He has cut offAll the strength of Israel;He has drawn back His right handFrom before the enemy.And He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fireConsuming round about.

He has bent His bow like an enemy;He has set His right hand like an adversaryAnd slain all that were pleasant to the eye;In the tent of the daughter of ZionHe has poured out His wrath like fire.

Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.

I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand.

I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.

“You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness.The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

“In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.

If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.

But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at My right hand,Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet”’?

Jesus *said to him, “You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

David himself said in the Holy Spirit,‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at My right hand,Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet.”’

And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

For David himself says in the book of Psalms,‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at My right hand,

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

For David says of Him,‘I saw the Lord always in my presence;For He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.