19 occurrences

'Hands' in the Bible

She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

Verse ConceptsTreesMetaphorical TreesGraspingrelaxation

Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

Verse ConceptsWise CouncelAppropriationGraspingLife By WisdomInformation AgeFastingEducation

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

Verse ConceptsIdle HandsSleeplessnessThe Love Of SleepA Little Bit

From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceLipsGood ReboundingBeing Positivehardworkfruitfulness

Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

Verse ConceptsFlaxeagernessWoolIndustryDoing One's Work

She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFingersOccupationsSpinning And Weaving

Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

Verse ConceptsReward, DivineWagesIndustryOne's DeedsGodly WomanA Good Womanaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

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