15 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

And I saw a strong angel crying with a great voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?

And one of the elders said to me: Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has the power to open the book and its seven seals.

And the volume of Isaiah the prophet was given to him: and when he had unrolled the volume, he found the place where it was written:

And no one in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look upon it. And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look upon it.

And they sung a new song, saying: Thou art worthy 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 opened; and he placed his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land;

And the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said: Go and take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel that stands on the sea and on the land.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before the throne; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things that were written in the books, according to their works.

And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, with a voice like thunder, 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 saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of scales 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 had borne:

And I saw when he had opened the sixth seal; and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood:

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.