10 Bible Verses about Opening Gates

Open the gates of righteousness for me;
I will enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.

Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.

Open the gates
so a righteous nation can come in—
one that remains faithful.

“When the prince makes a freewill offering, whether a burnt offering or a fellowship offering as a freewill offering to the Lord, the gate that faces east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or fellowship offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he will go out, and the gate must be closed after he leaves.

After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and immediately the angel left him.

Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.

Your gates will always be open;
they will never be shut day or night
so that the wealth of the nations
may be brought into you,
with their kings being led in procession.

The river gates are opened,
and the palace erodes away.

Look, your troops are like women among you;
the gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.

She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gateway.