15 occurrences

'Hand' in the Bible

And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerDivine RestraintsHand Of GodRestraintSuccessEnlargementSpiritual ProgressGod's HandGod's Hands On Peopleborders

And Jehozadak went as a prisoner when the Lord took away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

And his brother Asaph, whose place was at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

Verse ConceptsRight Sides

And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

Verse ConceptsBuildingZion, As A Place

And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a very tall man about five cubits high, armed with a spear like a cloth-worker's rod; he went down to him with a stick, and pulling his spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

Verse ConceptsBeamsCraftsmenSpearsWeights And Measures, LinearGiants

They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSlingsStonesWarriorsLeft HandedThrowing StonesArrows

And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.

Verse ConceptsThreshing FloorSacrilege

And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyGod's Intolerance Of EvilGod Killing

So they went up to Baal-perazim, and David overcame them there, and David said, God has let the forces fighting against me be broken by my hand, as a wall is broken down by rushing water; so they gave that place the name of Baal-perazim.

Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.

Verse ConceptsTouchThe Anointed OneThe Lord's AnointedProphets Suffering

And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthProstrationSackcloth And AshesStanding

And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.

Verse ConceptsNumberingLonelinessAngst

All this, said David, the design for all these things, has been made dear to me in writing by the hand of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfArchitectureLiteracyUnderstandingDivine PlansGod's HandGod's Hands On People

O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours.

Verse ConceptsGiving To GodRiches, Believers AttitudesGod's Provision

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