15 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

And I saw mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to break the seals thereon?

And one of the presbyters said unto me, Weep not: behold the lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed, to open the book, and to break the seven seals upon it.

And there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah: and unrolling the volume, he found the passage where it is written,

And no man was able in heaven, nor upon earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look into it. And I wept much because no man was found worthy either to open or read the book, or even to look upon it.

And they sung a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereon; because thou hast been slaughtered, and hast redeemed us for God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

and he held in his hand a little book open; and he placed his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land,

And the voice which I heard out of heaven again spoke to me, and said, Go take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the land.

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, 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 written in the books according to their works.

AND I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living beings, saying, as with a voice of thunder, Come, and see.

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living being say, Come and see.

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living being say, Come and see. And I saw, and lo! a black horse; and he that sat upon it had a pair of scales in his hand.

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being saying, Come and see.

And when he opened the fifth seal I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they maintained.

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

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