Left Hand

• Abraham
• Unselfishness

Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the Left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the Left.

• Armies

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the Left hand of Damascus.

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the Left.

• Joseph
• Beauty

And he Left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he Left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's Left hand, and Manasseh in his Left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

• Adoption

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his Left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath Left.

• Miracles

And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their Left.

But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their Left.

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own Left hand:

• Seven

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his Left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:

And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own Left hand:

And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his Left hand seven times before the LORD:

• Grape

Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the Left, until we have passed thy borders.

And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the Left.

Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the Left.

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the Left.

According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the Left.

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the Left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the Left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the Left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they Left them none remaining.

And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the Left hand,

• Government

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the Left;

Therefore the LORD Left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

And Ehud put forth his Left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his Left.

And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the Left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

And David Left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the Left from following Abner.

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy Left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the Left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his Left.

• Temple

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were Left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his Left.

And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the Left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

• JOASH
• Decision
• Josiah

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the Left.

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's Left hand at the gate of the city.

And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the Left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the Left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the Left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the Left Boaz.

• Temple

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the Left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

• Temple

And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the Left.

• Reproof

Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also Left you in the hand of Shishak.

• Persecution
• Prayer
• Throne

Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his Left. And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. read more Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. show less

And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the Left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the Left.

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his Left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

On the Left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her Left hand riches and honour.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the Left: remove thy foot from evil.

• Iron
• Wisdom
• Gracious

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his Left. Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

His Left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

His Left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the Left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are Left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be Left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

• Walking

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the Left.

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the Left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

I have forsaken mine house, I have Left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are Left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy Left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the Left, whithersoever thy face is set.

• Bow

And I will smite thy bow out of thy Left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his Left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their Left hand; and also much cattle?

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the Left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy Left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

And he touched her hand, and the fever Left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the Left, in thy kingdom.

And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my Left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

• Righteous

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the Left.

• Fire

Then shall he say also unto them on the Left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

• Punishment

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the Left.

And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever Left her, and she ministered unto them.

They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy Left hand, in thy glory.

But to sit on my right hand and on my Left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

• Punishment

And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his Left.

• Punishment

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the Left.

Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we Left it on the Left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

• Gospel
• Power
• War

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the Left,

• Sea

And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his Left foot on the earth,