'Right' in the Bible

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.

"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.'

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'

He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.

They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."

They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."

but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."

For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'

Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:

Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.

and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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

which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?"

Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,

the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.

"To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:

I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

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

The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.