Bible verses about Hands, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Necessary members of the body I Corinthians 12:21 PARTS OF, MENTIONED The palm Isaiah 49:16; Matthew 26:67 The thumb Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 14:14,17 The fingers II Samuel 21:20; Daniel 5:5 God strengthens Genesis 49:24 God makes impotent Job 5:12 OPERATIONS OF, MENTIONED Feeling Psalms 115:7; I John 1:1 Taking Genesis 3:22; Exodus 4:4 Holding Judges 7:20; Revelation 10:2 Working Proverbs 31:19; I Thessalonians 4:11 Writing Isaiah 44:5; Galatians 6:11 Making signs Isaiah 13:2; Acts 12:17 Striking Mark 14:65; John 19:3 DISTINGUISHED AS The right Acts 3:7 The left Genesis 14:15; Acts 21:3 Many alike expert with both I Chronicles 12:2 Many had more command of the left Judges 3:15,21; 20:16 THE RIGHT HAND Place of honour I Kings 2:19; Psalms 45:9 Place of power Psalms 110:1; Mark 14:62 Signet worn on Jeremiah 22:24 Given in token of friendship Galatians 2:9 Used in embracing II Samuel 20:9; Solomon 2:6; 8:3 Sworn by Isaiah 62:8 The accuser stood at, of the accused Psalms 109:6; Zechariah 3:1 Of priests touched with blood of consecration-ram Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 8:23,24 Of healed leper touched with blood of his sacrifice Leviticus 14:14,17,25 Of healed leper touched with oil Leviticus 14:28 The Jews carried a staff in, when walking Exodus 12:11; II Kings 4:29 The Jews eat with Matthew 26:23 WERE WASHED Before eating Matthew 15:2; Mark 7:3 After touching an unclean person Leviticus 15:11 In token of innocency Deuteronomy 21:6,7; Matthew 27:24 Custom of domestics pouring water upon, alluded to II Kings 3:11 Servants directed by movements of Psalms 123:2 Kissed in idolatrous worship Job 31:27 Treaties made by joining II Kings 10:15; Proverbs 11:21 Suretiship entered into by striking Job 17:3; Proverbs 6:1; 17:18; 22:26 WERE LIFTED UP In prayer Psalms 141:2; Lamentations 3:41 In praise Psalms 134:2 In taking an oath Genesis 14:22; Revelation 10:5 In blessing Leviticus 9:22 Often spread out in prayer Psalms 68:31; Isaiah 1:15 Placed under the thigh of a person to whom an oath was made Genesis 24:2,3; 47:29,31 Clapped together in joy II Kings 11:12; Psalms 47:1 Smitten together in extreme anger Numbers 24:10; Ezekiel 21:14,17 Stretched out in derision Hosea 7:5; Zephaniah 2:15 IMPOSITION OF, USED IN Transferring guilt of sacrifices Leviticus 1:4; 3:2; 16:21,22 Setting apart the Levites Numbers 8:10 Conferring civil power Numbers 27:18; Deuteronomy 34:9 Blessing Genesis 48:14; Mark 10:16 Ordaining ministers Acts 6:6; I Timothy 4:14 Imparting the gifts of the Holy Spirit Acts 8:17; 19:6 Imposition of, a first principle of the doctrine of Christ Hebrews 6:1,2 SHOULD BE EMPLOYED Industriously Ephesians 4:28; I Thessalonians 4:11 In God's service Nehemiah 2:18; Zechariah 8:9,13 In acts of benevolence Proverbs 3:27; 31:20 OF THE WICKED, DESCRIBED AS Bloody Isaiah 1:15; 59:3 Violent Psalms 58:2; Isaiah 59:6 Mischievous Psalms 26:10; Micah 7:3 Slothful Proverbs 6:10; 21:25 Ensnaring to themselves Psalms 9:16 The wicked recompensed for the work of Psalms 28:4; Proverbs 12:14; Isaiah 3:11 Saints blessed in the work of Deuteronomy 2:7; 30:9; Job 1:10; Psalms 90:17 CRIMINALS OFTEN Bound by Matthew 22:13 Deprived of Deuteronomy 25:12; II Samuel 4:12 Mutilated in Judges 1:6,7 Hung by Lamentations 5:12 ILLUSTRATIVE Of power I Kings 18:46; II Kings 13:5 (Lifted up against another,) of rebellion II Samuel 20:21 (Opened,) of liberality Deuteronomy 15:8; Psalms 104:28 (Shut,) of illiberality Deuteronomy 15:7 RIGHT HAND, ILLUSTRATIVE Of strength and power Exodus 15:6; Psalms 17:7 (Holding by,) of support Psalms 73:23; Isaiah 41:13 (Standing at,) of protection Psalms 16:8; 109:31; 110:5 (Full of bribes,) of corruption Psalms 26:10 (Full of falsehood,) of deceitfulness Psalms 144:8,11; Isaiah 44:20 (Withdrawn,) of support withheld Psalms 74:11 (Cutting off,) of extreme self-denial Matthew 5:30

 

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