18 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

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

One of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the scroll, and found the place where it was written,

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

They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and redeemed us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

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

The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come."

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come."

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come."

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they had.

I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

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