20 Bible Verses about Keys

I will lay the key of the house of David on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut and he will shut, and no one will open.

The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. The key of the bottomless pit was given to him.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is improper and unlawful in heaven, and whatever you declare lawful on earth must be lawful in heaven.

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.

He added this also to them all. He locked up John in prison.

You hear a voice from the house say, 'The door is shut, my children are in bed, do not bother me. I cannot rise and help you.'

It was evening of the first day of the week. The disciples shut the doors where they stayed for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them: May you have Peace.

We found the prison locked with the guards standing before the doors. When we opened it we did not find a man.

To the angel of the congregation in Philadelphia write: He says these things. He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens.

I am alive! I was dead and, behold, I am alive forever, Amen. I have the keys of death and the grave.

I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a little while.

He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge. Respect for Jehovah is the key to this treasure.

And he said to them: Every scribe (journalist) (writer) who has been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

But before faith came the Law held us in custody. We were locked up until faith was revealed.

Woe to you lawyers, for you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves and you hindered those entering.

They waited as long as they thought they should. When he still did not open the door, they took the key and opened it. There lying dead on the floor was their master.

He opened the bottomless pit. Smoke came out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The smoke from the pit darkened the sun and the air.

I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Ehud went outside, closed the doors behind him, locked them. Then he left. The servants came and saw that the doors to the upstairs room were locked. They only thought that the king was inside, relieving himself. They waited as long as they thought they should. When he still did not open the door, they took the key and opened it. There lying dead on the floor was their master.