52 Bible Verses about The Act Of Opening

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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

"For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door is opened.

"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.

Write also to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia. These things says He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no one shall shut; and who shuts, and no one opens.

as it is written in the law of Moses, Every firstborn male shall be called holy to the Lord.

When they had entered the house, they saw the child with Mary, his mother, and opening their treasure-chests they gave him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

And he opened the bottomless pit, and out of the pit there went up a smoke like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air grew dark, because of the smoke out of the pit.

"Roll away the stone," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man "he is offensive by this time, for he has been four days in the tomb." Jesus answered her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you should see the glory of God?" Then they rolled the stone away; and Jesus lifted up his eyes and said:

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and discovered that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

and they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" But then as they looked up they saw that the stone, which was a very large one, was already rolled away;

And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

the earth quaked; the rocks split; the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

And when they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that led to the city. This opened to them of its own accord; and they went out passed on through one street; and suddenly the angel left him.

And when she recognized Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his sanctuary; and there followed lightnings and voices and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

After that I looked, and the sanctuary of the tabernacle of testimony was opened in heaven;

And its gates will not be shut by day, (For there is no night there);

After this, in my vision, I saw a door opened in heaven! And the first voice that I heard speaking with me was like a trumpet, saying, "Come up hither, and I will show you the things that must come to pass hereafter."

Then he consented. And after Jesus was baptized, as soon as he rose out of the water, lo! the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him,

and as soon as he rose from the water he saw the sky cleft asunder, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him,

Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying,

You shall see greater things than that! Believe me," he added, "you all shall see heaven opened wide, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

"Look, I see heaven open," he said, "And the Son of man standing at the right hand of God."

He beheld the sky opened, and a vessel descending like an enormous sail let down to earth by four corners.

And I saw heaven opened, and lo! a white horse; and he who sat upon him was named "Faithful and True"; and in righteousness does he judge and make war.

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose its seals."

But one of the Elders said to me. "Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, and so can open the book with its seven seals."

And there was handed him the roll of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling it he found the place where it was written,

And no one in the heavens or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look into it. so I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look into it.

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

In his hand he had a little book, open; and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the land.

And the voice which I had heard from heaven, I heard again, speaking to me, and saying, "Go, take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the land."

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and books were opened, and another book??he Book of Life??as opened; and the dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the books.

And I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four Living Creatures say, with a voice like thunder, "Come!"

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second Living Creature say, "Come!"

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third Living Creature say, "Come!" And I saw, and lo, a black horse! He who sat on him had a balance in his hand.

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth Living Creature calling, "Come!"

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

And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black, like sackcloth, and the full moon became like blood;

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven, about the space of half an hour.

Behold, I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one listens to my voice, and opens the door, I will come to him, and sup with him, and he with me.

"and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him.

"The porter opens the door for him; the sheep listen to his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

Meanwhile Peter continued to knock, until at last they opened the door, and were amazed to see that it was really he.

"Afterwards the other maidens came and cried, "'Lord, Lord, open unto us!'

"when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.

then looking up to heaven with a sigh, he said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened.")

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors during the night, and let them out.

I know your works. Lo, I have set before you an open door, which none can shut; for though you have only a little strength, you have kept my word, and have not denied my name.