'Right Hand' in the Bible

Then he brought them both close to his father, placing Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right.

But Israel stretched out his right hand, laying it on Ephraim's head (he was the younger son) and laying his left hand on Manasseh's head (even though Manasseh was the firstborn).

But Joseph observed that his father had laid his right hand on Ephraim's head. That displeased him, so he grabbed his father's hand and started to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

"No, father, this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."

Your right hand, LORD, was majestic in strength, your right hand, LORD, shattered the enemy.

You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

You are to slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, the lobe of his sons' right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. Then you are to scatter the rest of the blood around the altar.

He said: "The LORD came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, he shone forth from Mount Paran, accompanied by a myriad of his holy ones, with flaming fire from his right hand for them.

When the three companies sounded their trumpets and broke the jars, they held the torches in their left hands and sounded their trumpets with their right hands. Then they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

Then Samson grabbed the two middle pillars upon which the house rested and braced himself against them with one pillar in his right hand and the other in his left.

But Micaiah responded, "Therefore, listen to what the LORD has to say. I saw the LORD, sitting on his throne, and the entire Heavenly Army was standing around him on his right hand and on his left hand.

But Micaiah responded, "Therefore, listen to what the LORD has to say. I saw the LORD, sitting on his throne, and the entire Heavenly Army was surrounding him on his right hand and on his left hand.

I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.

You cause me to know the path of life; in your presence is joyful abundance, at your right hand there are pleasures forever. A Davidic Prayer.

You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.

Now I know that the LORD has delivered his anointed; he has answered him from his sanctuary with the strength of his right hand of deliverance.

Your hand will find all your enemies, your right hand will find those who hate you.

Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes.

In your majesty ride forth for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness; and your strong right hand will teach you awesome things.

The king's daughters are among your honorable women; the queen, dressed in gold from Ophir, has taken her place at your right hand."

God, according to your name, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

My soul clings to you, even as your right hand supports me.

But now I am always with you, for you keep holding my right hand.

Why do you not withdraw your hand your right hand from your bosom and destroy them?

So I say: "It causes me pain that the right hand of the Most High has changed."

The root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you tended for yourself,

May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself.

Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious.

I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice.

If a thousand fall at your side or ten thousand at your right hand, it will not overcome you.

Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done awesome deeds! His right hand and powerful arm have brought him victory.

for he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to deliver him from his accusers. A Davidic psalm

A declaration from the LORD to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool."

The Lord is at your right hand; he will utterly destroy kings in the time of his wrath.

There's exultation for deliverance in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD is victorious!

The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD is victorious!"

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

Though I walk straight into trouble, you preserve my life, stretching out your hand to fight the vehemence of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me.

Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives,

Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives.

Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are riches and honor.

Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.

I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me!

Let his left hand be under my head, and let his right hand embrace me.

Don't be afraid, because I'm with you; don't be anxious, because I am your God. I keep on strengthening you; I'm truly helping you. I'm surely upholding you with my victorious right hand."

"For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, "Don't be afraid. I'll help you.

He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, "There's a lie in my right hand."

This is what the LORD says to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, as I strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him and gates that cannot keep closed:

Moreover, my hands laid the earth's foundation, and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call out to them, and they stand up together.

For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will populate the deserted towns.

"The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; never again will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have toiled;

and who made his glorious arm march at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters in front of them to win an everlasting name,

"As certainly as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD, "even if Jehoiakim's son King Jehoiachin of Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off

He bent his bow against us as would an enemy, his right hand cocked as would an adversary. He has killed everyone in whom we took pride; in the tent of cherished Zion he poured out his anger like fire.

On his right hand he is divining against Jerusalem, preparing to set up battering rams, preparing for the slaughter, getting ready to sound the alarm for battle, setting the battering rams in place at the gates, building siege mounds, and erecting a siege wall.

So why shouldn't I be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 human beings who do not know their right hand from their left, as well as a lot of livestock?

"At that time, I will make the leaders of Judah like a brazier filled with blazing wood, or like a torch setting fire to harvested grain. They will devour all the invading armies, both on the right hand and on the left. As a result, Jerusalem will again be inhabited in its rightful place as the real Jerusalem.'"

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body go into hell."

But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

"The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet."'?

Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

David himself said by the Holy Spirit, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet."'

Jesus said, "I AM, and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and "coming with the clouds of heaven.'"

So the Lord Jesus, after talking with his disciples, was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Once, on another Sabbath, Jesus went into a synagogue and began teaching. A man whose right hand was paralyzed was there.

Because David himself in the book of Psalms says, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

He told them, "Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you'll catch some." So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish.

since David says about him, "I always keep my eyes on the Lord, for he is at my right hand so that I cannot be shaken.

He has been exalted to the right hand of God, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and has caused you to experience what you are seeing and hearing.

After all, David did not go up to heaven, but he said, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

Then Peter took hold of his right hand and began to help him up. Immediately his feet and ankles became strong,

God has exalted to his right hand this very man as our Leader and Savior in order to extend repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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

Who is the one to condemn? It is the Messiah Jesus who is interceding on our behalf. He died, and more importantly, has been raised and is seated at the right hand of God.

So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm.

Therefore, if you have been raised with the Messiah, keep focusing on the things that are above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God.

He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty

But to which of the angels did he ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven

But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, "he sat down at the right hand of God."

fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him.

In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."

"To the messenger of the church in Ephesus, write: "The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lamp stands, says this:

Then I saw in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the outside, sealed with seven seals.

He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

The second beast forces all people important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,