'Open' in the Bible

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.

Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.

And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;

And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.

And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.

But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.

He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.

The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?

Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.

And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.

For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.

Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.

Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.

I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.

See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.

And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it.

And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.

And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.

And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

And their dead bodies will be in the open street of the great town, which in the spirit is named Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was put to death on the cross.

And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.

And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.

And after these things I saw, and the house of the Tent of witness in heaven was open:

And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.

And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.