15 Bible Verses about Opening Documents

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

And one of the elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, he is opening the book and its seven seals.

And the book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. And unrolling the book he found the place where it was written,

And no one in heaven above, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, could open the book, or look in it. And I wept much because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast killed and hast redeemed to God with thy blood [men] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

and he had in his hand a little book opened. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land,

And the voice which I heard from heaven [I heard] again speak to me and say, Go and take the little opened book in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.

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

AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and heard one of the four cherubs say like the sound of thunder, Come.

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second cherub say, Come.

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third cherub say, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he that sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth cherub say, Come.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had.

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

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