52 Bible Verses about The Act Of Opening

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.

For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens;

(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

And having come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and falling down, they did him homage. And when they had opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

and he opened the pit of the abyss; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

Jesus said: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him: Lord, the body is offensive; for he has been dead four days. Jesus said to her: Did I not tell you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted -up his eyes and said: Father, I thank thee, that thou hast heard me.

And early on the first day of the week, while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

And they said among themselves: Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulcher? for it was very great. And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher;

and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept, arose.

And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude, they took off the roof where he was, and having broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

And when they had passed through the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out, and passed on through one street; and the angel immediately departed from him.

And recognizing Peter's voice, she did not open the entrance for joy, but ran in and told that Peter was standing before the entrance.

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple, the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and there were lightnings and voices and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

And after this I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened;

And its gates shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

After these things I saw, and behold, a door was opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard, like the voice of a trumpet speaking with me, said: Come up hither, and I will show you things that must be hereafter.

And after Jesus was immersed, he came up immediately from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

And immediately on coming up from the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.

And it came to pass, while all the people were being immersed, that Jesus also was immersed; and as he was praying, the heaven was opened,

Jesus answered and said to him: Do you believe, be cause I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree? You shall see greater things than these. And he said to him: Verily, verily I say to you, From this time you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

and he saw heaven opened, and some vessel, like a great sheet, descending, bound by the four corners, and let down to the earth.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness does he judge, and make war.

And I saw a strong angel crying with a great voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?

And one of the elders said to me: Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has the power to open the book and its seven seals.

And the volume of Isaiah the prophet was given to him: and when he had unrolled the volume, he found the place where it was written:

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

And they sung a new song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

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

And the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said: Go and take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel that stands on the sea and on the land.

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

And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, with a voice like thunder, Come and see.

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come and see.

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

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come and see.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had borne:

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

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

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

and be like men that are waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he comes and knocks, they may open for him immediately.

To him the door-keeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things that were spoken by Paul.

But Peter continued to knock; and when they had opened the door, they saw him, and were astonished.

Afterward the other virgins also came, and said: Lord! Lord! open for us.

When once the master of the house has risen, and closed the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open for us, and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not, whence you are;

and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him: Ephphatha, which means, Be opened.

But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison by night, and brought them out, and said:

I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door that no one is able to shut, because you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.