15 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose its seals."

But one of the Elders said to me. "Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, and so can open the book with its seven seals."

And there was handed him the roll of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling it he found the place where it was written,

And no one in the heavens or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look into it. so I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look into it.

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

In his hand he had a little book, open; and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the land.

And the voice which I had heard from heaven, I heard again, speaking to me, and saying, "Go, take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the land."

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and books were opened, and another book??he Book of Life??as opened; and the dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the books.

And I saw, 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!"

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second Living Creature say, "Come!"

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third Living Creature say, "Come!" And I saw, and lo, a black horse! He who sat on him had a balance in his hand.

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth Living Creature calling, "Come!"

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 bore.

And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black, like sackcloth, and the full moon became like blood;

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven, about the space of half an hour.