15 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals of it?

And one of the elders said to me, Weep not;---Behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose its seven seals.

And there was delivered to Him the book of the prophet Esaias; and opening the book, He found the place where it was written,

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

And they sung a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open its seals; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

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

And the voice, which I heard from heaven, spake to me again, and said, Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged by the things 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 animate beings saying, as with a voice of thunder, Come and see.

And when He opened the second seal, I heard the second animal saying, Come and see.

And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third animal say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse, and he that sat upon it had a balance in his hand.

And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal saying, Come and see.

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

And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and behold there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sack-cloth of hair, and the moon was red as blood;

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