'Opened' in the Bible

For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink.

Now the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.

When the famine was spread over all the face of the earth, then Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

and it came about when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full. So we have brought it back in our hand.

Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.

And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground.

He took up his discourse and said,“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened;

He took up his discourse and said,“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.

and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, among all Israel—

They waited until they became anxious; but behold, he did not open the doors of the roof chamber. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor dead.

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.

When her master arose in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.

So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes.

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” So the Lord opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.

He said, “Open the window toward the east,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” And he shot. And he said, “The Lord’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Aram; for you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you have destroyed them.”

In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.

Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”

Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

“They waited for me as for the rain,And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.

“The alien has not lodged outside,For I have opened my doors to the traveler.

They opened their mouth wide against me;They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;My ears You have opened;Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

Yet He commanded the clouds aboveAnd opened the doors of heaven;

He opened the rock and water flowed out;It ran in the dry places like a river.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,And engulfed the company of Abiram.

For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

I opened my mouth wide and panted,For I longed for Your commandments.

“I opened to my beloved,But my beloved had turned away and had gone!My heart went out to him as he spoke.I searched for him but I did not find him;I called him but he did not answer me.

“Let us rise early and go to the vineyards;Let us see whether the vine has buddedAnd its blossoms have opened,And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.There I will give you my love.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;And Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest,And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

Then it will be that he who flees the report of disaster will fall into the pit,And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.

Then the eyes of the blind will be openedAnd the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

The Lord God has opened My ear;And I was not disobedientNor did I turn back.

The Lord has opened His armoryAnd has brought forth the weapons of His indignation,For it is a work of the Lord God of hostsIn the land of the Chaldeans.

All your enemiesHave opened their mouths wide against you;They hiss and gnash their teeth.They say, “We have swallowed her up!Surely this is the day for which we waited;We have reached it, we have seen it.”

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.

On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

“Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’

Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the refugees came. And He opened my mouth at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened and I was no longer speechless.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.

The Lord said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut.

‘Thus says the Lord God, “The gate of the inner court facing east shall be shut the six working days; but it shall be opened on the sabbath day and opened on the day of the new moon.

When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the Lord, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he goes out.

“A river of fire was flowingAnd coming out from before Him;Thousands upon thousands were attending Him,And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him;The court sat,And the books were opened.

And behold, one who resembled a human being was touching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, as a result of the vision anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.

The gates of the rivers are openedAnd the palace is dissolved.

Behold, your people are women in your midst!The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies;Fire consumes your gate bars.

“In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.

After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him,

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

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: “See that no one knows about this!”

They *said to Him, “Lord, we want our eyes to be opened.”

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.

And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?”

Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

So they *said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”

but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”

The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?”

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,

saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.”

and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.

But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

and he *saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.