Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Cross-reference
Psalm 25:1 lifts up the soul to God, the same gesture of lifting heart and hands to heaven.
Psalm 141:2 equates lifted hands with evening sacrifice, deepening the meaning of the physical act as worship.
Psalm 143:6-8 pairs lifting hands and soul, echoing the combination of external and internal devotion in Lamentations 3:41.
2 Chronicles 7:14 describes humbling, praying, and turning to God, the exact context of lifting hearts and hands in repentance in Lamentations 3:41.
Psalm 134:2 commands lifting hands to the holy place — the exact same gesture of hands lifted in prayer.
Joel 2:12 urges returning with all your heart — directly parallels the call to lift up hearts in repentance.
Nehemiah 8:6 shows the people lifting hands and worshiping — a concrete enactment of the call to lift hearts and hands to God.
Psalm 28:2 also uses lifting hands in prayer toward God's sanctuary, reinforcing the physical posture of prayer.
Psalm 63:4 shows lifting hands as an act of blessing God, similar to the prayer posture in Lamentations 3:41.
Psalm 86:4 also speaks of lifting the soul to God, a parallel inward posture to lifting hearts and hands.
Psalm 143:8 lifts the soul to God — a parallel inward lifting, though without the hand gesture. Both express total dependence.