31 Bible Verses about Shutting Doors

And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.

The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place.

And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut. And the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.

And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.

If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.

You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him.

Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.

Now she had on a long robe, such as in past times the king's virgin daughters were dressed in. Then the servant put her out, locking the door after her.

But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.

Then Ehud went out into the covered way, shutting the doors of the summer-house on him and locking them.

Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.

Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!

Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.

Then the priest will go out of the door of the house, and keep the house shut up for seven days:

And, in addition, anyone who goes into the house at any time, while it is shut up, will be unclean till evening.

But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?