What does the Bible say about being left-handed?

Answer  
  

The Bible presents the right hand as the hand of strength (Exodus 15:6; Psalm 118:16\). Sitting at someone’s right hand is considered a position of honor (Psalm 110:1\). The right hand is consistently valued over the left hand in Scripture (Genesis 48:13\-18; Galatians 2:9\). What does this mean about left\-handedness? Is being left\-handed considered a curse or a weakness? No. The Bible’s emphasis on “the right hand” is simply a reflection of reality. The dominant arm is almost always stronger than the other arm, and 85\-90 percent of people are right\-handed. So, in the vast majority of people, the right hand is stronger. Thus, the Bible uses the right hand as a symbol of strength and honor.  
  

This does not carry any negative connotations for left\-handed people. It is simply a matter of symbolism. Whenever the Bible mentions left\-handed people, it does not present left\-handedness as a weakness. Ehud, a judge of Israel and a mighty warrior, was left\-handed (Judges 3:15\-21\). Judges 20:16 mentions 700 left\-handed warriors who could “sling a stone at a hair and not miss.” First Chronicles 12:2 seems to reference bowmen who were ambidextrous. When the Bible refers to left\-handed people, it speaks of left\-handedness as an advantage, not a weakness.  
  

While it is not as honorable as sitting at someone’s right hand, sitting at the left hand is still a position of honor (Matthew 20:21\). Sitting immediately to a person’s left was considered the second\-most honorable position. It was not as if everyone to the right was more honored than those to the left. The right hand is used in the Bible as a symbol of strength due to the right hand usually being stronger than the left. This should not be understood as a slight against left\-handed people.  
  

