13 Bible Verses about Locks And Bars

For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

Iron and brass are thy shoes, And as thy days -- thy strength.

And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted it;

and calleth his young man, his servant, and saith, 'Send away, I pray thee, this one from me without, and bolt the door after her;'

-- and upon her is a long coat, for such upper robes do daughters of the king who are virgins put on, -- and his servant taketh her out without, and hath bolted the door after her.

saying -- 'The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened -- within we found no one.'

The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --

A garden shut up is my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed -- from their own counsels.

And I have broken the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from Bikat-Aven, And a holder of a sceptre from Beth-Eden, And removed have been the people of Aram to Kir, said Jehovah.

And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which is on the front of Hebron.

Lo, thy people are women in thy midst, To thine enemies thoroughly opened Have been the gates of thy land, Consumed hath fire thy bars.