31 Bible Verses about Shutting Doors

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.

Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut. And the LORD said to me, "This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut.

Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night."

Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, 'They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.'

You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,

and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,

and the doors on the street are shut--when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low--

By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing

And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in.

Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,

He called the young man who served him and said, "Put this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her."

Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.

But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door.

Then Ehud went out into the porch and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them.

Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside."

Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.

But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, "Go, shut yourself within your house.

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD.

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside."

When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter.

then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.

Moreover, whoever enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening,

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence, but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"

and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything'?