56 Bible Verses about Hands

But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.

And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.

they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.

And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar.

He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and the bull shall be killed before the LORD.

And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley,

I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD,

So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood;see to it yourselves."

All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).

And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

And he laid his hands on them and went away.

And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said,"If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot.

But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing."'

The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers,

And 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.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger,

"Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there who will put up security for me?

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

And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar.

He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness. The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.

and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.

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

And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build."So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong."

And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.

"As for you, son of man, prophesy. Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yes, three times, the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them,

I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the LORD have spoken."

And he said, "Swear to me"; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.

And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh,

And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.

Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.

Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.

then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.

And he killed it, and Moses 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. Then he presented Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.

When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.

And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said,"If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot.

Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,

This one will say, 'I am the LORD's,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' and name himself by the name of Israel."

See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him,

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

(Therefore the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians, and the people of Israel lived in their homes as formerly.

And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.

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.

Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's Passover.

He said to Gehazi, "Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child."

Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I am the one who helps you."

Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.

And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).

And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is no one else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.

Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"

Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--"

But the LORD said to Moses, "Put out your hand and catch it by the tail"--so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand--

These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.

daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.

No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--

They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.

Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.

Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.

The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool."

And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.

Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."

And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows.

They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."

And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, and they shall testify, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed.

Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.

They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kinsmen.

"If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put.

Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

"As I live, declares the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off

Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.

That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city." And the woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall."

Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings,the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

He answered, "He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.

yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd,the Stone of Israel),

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here, through whom we may inquire of the LORD?" Then one of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!

in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.

Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD!

The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored;

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us.

The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.