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LIFTING UP HANDS

Exodus 9:29

And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD ; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.

Exodus 9:33

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

I Kings 8:22

And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven :

I Kings 8:38

What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

I Kings 8:54

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven .

II Chronicles 6:12-13

[6:12] And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands : [6:13] For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven , (Solomon said this when he was dedicating the new temple)

II Chronicles 6:29

Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: (Solomon said this when he was dedicating the new temple)

Ezra 9:5

And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees , and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands : and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Psalms 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Psalms 63:4

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name .

Psalms 119:48

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

Psalms 134:2

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

Psalms 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Isaiah 1:15

And when ye spread forth your hands , I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (God speaking to Judah & Jerusalem through Isaiah)

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Luke 24:50-51

[24:50] And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands , and blessed them. [24:51] And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. (Jesus)

I Timothy 2:8

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands , without wrath and doubting.