'Hands' in the Bible

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

The Lord who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying, "Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, Israel!"

Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it, just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the Lord will bring down Moab's pride as it spreads its hands.

For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow.

This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, the one who formed him, concerning things to come: "How dare you question me about my children! How dare you tell me what to do with the work of my own hands!

I made the earth, I created the people who live on it. It was me -- my hands stretched out the sky, I give orders to all the heavenly lights.

Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.