Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple— be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

For no word from God will ever fail.”

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face, that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ. . . .

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple— be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.

Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel . . .

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. . . .

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

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

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,