51 Bible Verses about Hands

But Moses' hands became tired; so they put a stone under him and he took his seat on it, Aaron and Hur supporting his hands, one on one side and one on the other; so his hands were kept up without falling till the sun went down.

These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.

For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had put his hands on him: and the children of Israel gave ear to him, and did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

And Aaron, placing his two hands on the head of the living goat, will make a public statement over him of all the evil doings of the children of Israel and all their wrongdoing, in all their sins; and he will put them on the head of the goat and send him away, in the care of a man who will be waiting there, into the waste land.

And he is to put his hand on the head of his offering and put it to death at the door of the Tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put some of the blood on and round the altar.

And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

And let the chiefs of the people put their hands on its head before the Lord, and put the ox to death before the Lord.

And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

And he put his hands on them, and went away.

And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.

But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,

Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?

For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.

And the Lord your God will make you fertile in all good things, blessing the work of your hands, and the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land: for the Lord will have joy in you, as he had in your fathers:

And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.

A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

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

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

And he will put to death the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the priest will take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

And he is to put his hand on the head of his offering and put it to death at the door of the Tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put some of the blood on and round the altar.

And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

And Aaron, placing his two hands on the head of the living goat, will make a public statement over him of all the evil doings of the children of Israel and all their wrongdoing, in all their sins; and he will put them on the head of the goat and send him away, in the care of a man who will be waiting there, into the waste land. And the goat will take all their sins into a land cut off from men, and he will send the goat away into the waste land.

You are to put the sheep to death, and take some of its blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear, and of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet, dropping the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar.

And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.

Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.

Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.

So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.

And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.

And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.

And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;

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.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

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

And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.

Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.

And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had put his hands on him: and the children of Israel gave ear to him, and did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;

You are to put the sheep to death, and take some of its blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear, and of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet, dropping the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar.

And he put it to death; and Moses took some of the blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot. Then he took Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the point of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet: and Moses put the blood on and round the altar.

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

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

Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

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.

And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.

Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,

And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they became free from the hands of the Aramaeans; and the children of Israel were living in their tents as in the past.

And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.

And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.

Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.

Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.

But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab.

Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.

On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.

Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.

O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy.

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

And the Lord said to Moses, Put out your hand and take it by the tail: (and he put out his hand and took a grip of it and it became a rod in his hand:)

These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.

And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.

Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.

Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.

The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

Put up a flag on a clear mountain-top, make a loud outcry to them, give directions with the hand, so that they may go into the doors of the great ones.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

Full of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken.

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.

And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.

And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley, Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.

Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.

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.

If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

And the priest will put some of the oil which is in his hand on the point of the ear of the man who is to be made clean and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place where the blood of the offering for wrongdoing was put;

And anyone on whom the unclean man puts his hands, without washing them in water, is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

By my life, says the Lord, even if Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, was the ring on my right hand, even from there I would have you pulled off;

And Aaron, lifting up his hands to the people, gave them a blessing; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burned offering, and the peace-offerings.

Not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba, son of Bichri, by name, has taken up arms against the king, against David: give up this man only, and I will go away from the town. And the woman said to Joab, His head will be dropped over the wall to you.

Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God, The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.

And he made answer and said, He who puts his hand into the plate with me, the same will be false to me.

But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:

But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off. And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.

Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?

In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:

The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.