'Open' in the Bible

And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.

Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.

(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)

Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.

Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

And Jehoshaphat took his place in the meeting of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new open space,

And a third are to be stationed at the king's house; and a third at the doorway of the horses: while all the people are waiting in the open spaces round the house of the Lord.

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.

Palal, the son of Uzai, made good the wall opposite the angle and the tower which comes out from the higher part of the king's house, by the open space of the watch. After him was Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.

So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.

And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:

And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim.

And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day.

So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.

Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.

But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.

Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.

His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.

For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord.

Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.

My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.

You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.

Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.

Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

Aram on the east, and the Philistines on the west, who have come against Israel with open mouths. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.

And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.

Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.

Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,

Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head.

But those who have got in the grain will have it for their food, and will give praise to the Lord; and those who have got in the grapes will take the wine of them in the open places of my holy house.

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,

Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.