31 Bible Verses about Shutting Doors

Ahaz gathered the items in God's temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord's temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut. The Lord said to me: "This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

Then I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. He was confined to his home. He said, "Let's set up a time to meet in the house of God, within the temple. Let's close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. It will surely be at night that they will come to kill you."

"I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will no longer accept an offering from you.

Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, 'They are wandering around confused in the land -- the desert has closed in on them.'

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint,

The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing.

Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.

He called his personal attendant and said to him, "Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!"

(Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king's virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon's attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.

So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door.

As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it."

Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!

Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, "Go shut yourself in your house.

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the Lord.

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"

"We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'

The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.

then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days.

Anyone who enters the house all the days the priest has quarantined it will be unclean until evening.

Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. The king sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, "Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?" Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him."

Then he will reply from inside, 'Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.'