18 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

The entrance of Your Words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people. And when he opened it, all the people stood up.

And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loosen its seals?

And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.

A stream of fire went out and came out from before Him. A thousand thousands served Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The judgment was set, and the books were opened.

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And unrolling the book, He found the place where it was written,

And no one in Heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, was able to open the book or to look at it. And I wept very much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, nor to look at it.

And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation.

And he had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the earth.

And the voice which I heard from Heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.

And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before God. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures like a sound of thunder, saying, Come and see.

And when He had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come and see.

And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I looked, and lo, a black horse. And he sitting on it had a balance in his hand.

And when He had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come and see.

And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

And when He had opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.

And when He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour.