What does the Bible say about hands and feet?
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The Bible presents hands and feet as instruments for worship, work, service, human stewardship, and the saving revelation of Jesus Christ. Ecclesiastes 9:10 calls believers to labor diligently with their hands, while 1 Timothy 2:8 and Psalm 134:2 picture lifted hands in holy, prayerful worship. Psalm 8:6 teaches that God entrusted humanity with responsible dominion under Him. Above all, Psalm 22:16 points forward to Christ's suffering, and John 20:27 and Luke 24:39-40 show the risen Savior bearing the wounds of His crucifixion in His hands and feet. Isaiah 49:16 assures God's people that they are remembered by Him, and Isaiah 52:7 celebrates feet that carry the good news of peace.
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- Psalms 22:16
For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- 1 Timothy 2:8
I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.
- John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."
- Psalms 8:6
You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
- Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!
- Luke 24:39
See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."
- Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
- Luke 24:39-40
[39] See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have." [40] When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
- Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns!
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