What Does the Bible Say About Hand Placement?

1 Timothy 5:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

Acts 13:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

2 Timothy 1:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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,

James 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

Acts 6:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

Luke 4:40 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

Mark 6:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

Isaiah 1:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Psalm 141:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

Psalm 134:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord!

Psalm 90:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

Numbers 27:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

Numbers 8:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

Leviticus 24:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Leviticus 16:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

Exodus 29:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

Revelation 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,

Hebrews 6:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 6:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 6:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

Colossians 3:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Mark 10:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Lamentations 2:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.”

2 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Acts 28:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him, healed him.

Acts 19:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

Acts 19:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

Acts 11:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

Acts 9:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 9:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.”

Acts 8:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

Luke 24:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.

Luke 13:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.

Mark 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.”

Matthew 27:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.”

Matthew 19:13-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” And he laid his hands on them and went away.

Matthew 19:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people,

Matthew 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”

Lamentations 3:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 49:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

Isaiah 48:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Psalm 143:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 138:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Psalm 119:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

Psalm 63:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

Psalm 45:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

Psalm 31:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

Psalm 19:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Job 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Nehemiah 8:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Deuteronomy 15:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

Deuteronomy 7:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Leviticus 9:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.

Exodus 29:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,

Exodus 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,

Exodus 15:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

Genesis 37:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

78 Bible Verses about Hand Placement

1 Timothy 5:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 13:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 6:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 4:40 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 6:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 1:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 141:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 134:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 90:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 27:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 8:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 24:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 16:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 29:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Colossians 3:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Colossians 3:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Lamentations 2:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Luke 24:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 27:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:13-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Lamentations 3:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Isaiah 49:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 143:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 119:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Job 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nehemiah 8:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 15:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Leviticus 9:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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