18 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood.

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"

And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."

A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,

He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"

When he 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 witness they had borne.

When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.