And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.

But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

Your right hand, Lord, was majestic in power. Your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy.

“You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering—on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.

Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other,

Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand.

and Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,

Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.

Now this I know: The Lord gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand.

Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.

It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

In your majesty ride forth victoriously in the cause of truth, humility and justice; let your right hand achieve awesome deeds.

Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.

Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.

And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.

the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.

Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

Psalm 98

A psalm.

Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!

The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”

The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

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

For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

“This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.

The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;

who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses’ right hand, who divided the waters before them, to gain for himself everlasting renown,

“As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off.

In fierce anger he has cut off every horn of Israel. He has withdrawn his right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.

Like an enemy he has strung his bow; his right hand is ready. Like a foe he has slain all who were pleasing to the eye; he has poured out his wrath like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.

Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp and to erect siege works.

Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted 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, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed! The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

“You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.

David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand

But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”

David said about him: “‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand

Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.

God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,

Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

The High Priest of a New Covenant

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

To the Church in Ephesus

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

The Scroll and the Lamb

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.