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Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.

Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.

If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.

Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.

For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.

The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.

In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.

Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith.

Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.

He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel;

He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt.

He garnished his works for ever, and in his hand are the chief of them unto all generations: they neither labour, nor are weary, nor cease from their works.

Who governeth the world with the palm of his hand, and all things obey his will: for he is the King of all, by his power dividing holy things among them from profane.

Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.

A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.

As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again

He that is merciful will lend unto his neighbour; and he that strengtheneth his hand keepeth the commandments.

Till he hath received, he will kiss a man’s hand; and for his neighbour’s money he will speak submissly: but when he should repay, he will prolong the time, and return words of grief, and complain of the time.

Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.

When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.

As the clay is in the potter’s hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.

As the clay is in the potter’s hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.

Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.

Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.

He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.

While he openeth his hand he shall rejoice: so shall transgressors come to nought.

Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?

For he called upon the most high Lord; and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay that mighty warrior, and set up the horn of his people.

In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly.

How shall we magnify Zorobabel? even he was as a signet on the right hand:

He stretched out his hand to the cup, and poured of the blood of the grape, he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweetsmelling savour unto the most high King of all.

Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.

And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:

Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.

He hath also in his right hand a dagger and an ax: but cannot deliver himself from war and thieves.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever: for he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us from the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame: even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us.

He said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?

He said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?

We will not hearken to the king’s words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left.

They pursued also after the proud men, and the work prospered in their hand.

So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in his hand.

And when he saw that mighty army, he prayed and said, Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst quell the violence of the mighty man by the hand of thy servant David, and gavest the host of strangers into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and his armourbearer;

Shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be confounded in their power and horsemen:

Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.

Moreover these men came not of the seed of those, by whose hand deliverance was given unto Israel.

Neither have they stretched out their hand against us only, but also against their borders.

Wherefore he ran upon him courageously through the midst of the battle, slaying on the right hand and on the left, so that they were divided from him on both sides.

On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able to abide their force, he went again to the king, and said all the worst of them that he could.

Afterwards they took the spoils, and the prey, and smote off Nicanors head, and his right hand, which he stretched out so proudly, and brought them away, and hanged them up toward Jerusalem.

Wherefore cry ye now unto heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies.

With that they joined battle, and Jonathan stretched forth his hand to smite Bacchides, but he turned back from him.

Now when Tryphon saw Jonathan came with so great a force, he durst not stretch his hand against him;

And told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of infinite sums of money, so that the multitude of their riches, which did not pertain to the account of the sacrifices, was innumerable, and that it was possible to bring all into the king’s hand.

For he by the hand of God was cast down, and lay speechless without all hope of life.

Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten into his hand the rule he forthwith brought his own nation to the Greekish fashion.

Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus apart, prayed him to get Onias into his hands; who being persuaded thereunto, and coming to Onias in deceit, gave him his right hand with oaths; and though he were suspected by him, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: whom forthwith he shut up without regard of justice.

They then seeing the attempt of Lysimachus, some of them caught stones, some clubs, others taking handfuls of dust, that was next at hand, cast them all together upon Lysimachus, and those that set upon them.

And at Garizim, Andronicus; and besides, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest bare an heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind against his countrymen the Jews.

For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead.

But think not thou, that takest in hand to strive against God, that thou shalt escape unpunished.

But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, be not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants of God:

Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanor’s coming, and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand,

And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.

The king treated with them in Bethsura the second time, gave his hand, took theirs, departed, fought with Judas, was overcome;

He stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.

Whereupon Jeremias holding forth his right hand gave to Judas a sword of gold, and in giving it spake thus,

And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor’s head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.

And shewed them vile Nicanor’s head, and the hand of that blasphemer, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy temple of the Almighty.

And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,

Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,

And taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.

But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were every man in his own place, they came all together with one consent into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.

The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful men of the sons of Moli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his brethren, who were eighteen.

And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord, which was with us: and from the beginning of our journey the Lord delivered us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.

And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for we have transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,

And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezecias, Balasamus, upon the right hand:

And upon his left hand stood Phaldaius, Misael, Melchias, Lothasubus, and Nabarias.

And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.

And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy right hand had planted, before ever the earth came forward.

And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob’s hand held first the heel of Esau.

The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not.

The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not.

The entrance thereof is narrow, and is set in a dangerous place to fall, like as if there were a fire on the right hand, and on the left a deep water:

And therefore is my judgment now at hand.

And, lo, I lay as one that had been dead, and mine understanding was taken from me: and he took me by the right hand, and comforted me, and set me upon my feet, and said unto me,

And, lo, as he saw the violence of the multitude that came, he neither lifted up his hand, nor held sword, nor any instrument of war:

For the time is fled far away, and leasing is hard at hand: for now hasteth the vision to come, which thou hast seen.

But I will bring them with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm, and smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all the land thereof.

My right hand shall not spare the sinners, and my sword shall not cease over them that shed innocent blood upon the earth.

And then shall the dragons have the upper hand, remembering their nature; and if they shall turn themselves, conspiring together in great power to persecute them,

Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand.

For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.

Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same.

It thus fell out that their enemies were defeated in hand-to-hand encounter, and that many of them were taken prisoners.

It thus fell out that their enemies were defeated in hand-to-hand encounter, and that many of them were taken prisoners.

On discovering this, so incensed was the wicked king, that he no longer confined his rage to the Jews in Alexandria. Laying his hand more heavily upon those who lived in the country, he gave orders that they should be quickly collected into one place, and most cruelly deprived of their lives.