Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
20 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “hand” →
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it .
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD : though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it ?
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD , as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself .
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.