10 occurrences

'Right' in the Bible

So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.

Verse ConceptsThighsTwo SidedDimensions Of Other ThingsOther Right Parts

And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;

Verse ConceptsMurderStomachsThighsOther Right Parts

She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.

Verse ConceptsHeadsHandsPegsSharp ToolsKilling Named Individuals

So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.

Verse ConceptsShoutingBattle CriesGod's Swordgideon

And Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we are to be his servants? Is it not right for the son of Jerubbaal and Zebul his captain to be servants to the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem? But why are we to be his servants?

Verse ConceptsAudacityOther Unimportant People

Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.

Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpFordsKilling Within Israelbridges

Then Samson put his arms round the two middle pillars supporting the house, putting his weight on them, on one with his right hand and on the other with his left.

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseChaosSelfishnessAnarchyNo King

And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.

Verse ConceptsA Tenth Of PeoplePeople Providing Food

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.

Verse ConceptsAuthority, of human institutionsKingship, HumanSelfishnessAnarchyNo King

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Compensate (7 instances)
Conscientious (8 instances)
Correct (48 instances)
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Rectify (1 instance)

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