'Door' in the Bible

But you, whenever you pray, go into your own room and shut the door: then pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.

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

For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, and he who knocks that has the door opened to him.

"But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.

So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door.

"So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.

"Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried, "'Sir, Sir, open the door to us.'

He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

and the whole town was assembled at the door.

and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,

So they went and found a young ass tied up at the front door of a house. They were untying it,

So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door.

Cure the sick in that town, and tell them, "'The Kingdom of God is now at your door.'

"And he from indoors shall answer, "'Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'

"So I say to you, 'Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'

For every one who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.

and be yourselves like men waiting for their master--on the look-out till he shall return from the wedding feast--that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door instantly.

As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, "'Sir, open the door for us' --"'I do not know you,' He answers; 'you are no friends of mine.'

while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name,

"In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way, is a thief and a robber.

But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.

Again therefore Jesus said to them, "In most solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.

I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture.

But Peter remained standing outside the door, till the disciple who was acquainted with the High Priest came out and induced the portress to let Peter in.

"How was it," replied Peter, "that you two agreed to try an experiment upon the Spirit of the Lord? The men who have buried your husband are already at the door, and they will carry you out."

had come to the door and had called the servant, and were asking, "Is Simon, surnamed Peter, staying here?"

Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door.

When he knocked at the wicket in the door, a maidservant named Rhoda came to answer the knock;

and recognizing Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing there.

Meanwhile Peter went on knocking, until at last they opened the door and saw that it was really he, and were filled with amazement.

Upon their arrival they called the Church together and proceeded to report in detail all that God, working with them, had done, and how He had opened for the Gentiles the door of faith.

So he left the place and went to the house of a person called Titius Justus, a worshipper of the true God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

for a wide door stands open before me which demands great efforts, and we have many opponents.

Now when I came into the Troad to spread there the Good News about the Christ, even though in the Lord's providence a door stood open before me,

And pray at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door for preaching, for us to tell the truth concerning Christ for the sake of which I am even a prisoner.

Do not cry out in condemnation of one another, brethren, lest you come under judgement. I tell you that the Judge is standing at the door.

I know your doings. I have put an opened door in front of you, which no one can shut; because you have but a little power, and yet you have guarded My word and have not disowned Me.

I am now standing at the door and am knocking. If any one listens to My voice and opens the door, I will go in to be with him and will feast with him, and he shall feast with Me.

After all this I looked and saw a door in Heaven standing open, and the voice that I had previously heard, which resembled the blast of a trumpet, again spoke to me and said, "Come up here, and I will show you things which are to happen in the future."

Then I saw a door open in Heaven, and a white horse appeared. Its rider was named "Faithful and True" --being One who in righteousness acts as Judge, and makes war.