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The concept of "open" in the Bible encompasses a variety of meanings and applications, ranging from physical openings to spiritual revelations. The term is used both literally and metaphorically throughout the Scriptures, reflecting God's interaction with humanity and His creation.

1. Physical Openings:
· Creation and Nature: The Bible often describes God as the one who opens the heavens and the earth. In Genesis 7:11, during the account of the flood, it is written, "On that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened." This demonstrates God's sovereign control over the natural world.
· Miraculous Events: In Exodus 14:21, God commands Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea, and "the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so that the waters were divided." Here, the opening of the Red Sea signifies divine intervention and deliverance.

2. Spiritual and Moral Openings:
· Hearts and Minds: The Bible frequently speaks of God opening the hearts and minds of individuals to understand His will and receive His truth. In Acts 16:14, it is noted, "The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message," referring to Lydia's conversion.
· Eyes and Ears: Spiritual perception is often described in terms of opening. Psalm 119:18 says, "Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law." This plea for understanding highlights the need for divine assistance in comprehending spiritual truths.

3. Revelation and Prophecy:
· Visions and Dreams: God often communicates through visions and dreams, which are described as being "opened" to the recipient. In Ezekiel 1:1, the prophet states, "the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God," indicating a divine revelation.
· Prophetic Insight: The opening of prophetic insight is a recurring theme. In Daniel 9:22, the angel Gabriel comes to give Daniel "insight and understanding," symbolizing the opening of divine mysteries.

4. Access and Invitation:
· Invitation to Salvation: The concept of open doors is used metaphorically to describe opportunities for salvation and service. In Revelation 3:8, Jesus says to the church in Philadelphia, "See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut." This signifies an invitation to enter into God's promises and purposes.
· Prayer and Worship: The Bible encourages believers to approach God with openness. Hebrews 4:16 invites us to "come boldly to the throne of grace," suggesting an open access to God's presence through prayer.

5. Judgment and Justice:
· Divine Judgment: The opening of books in Revelation 20:12, "And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened," signifies the final judgment where deeds are revealed and justice is administered.
· Exposure of Sin: In Luke 12:2, Jesus warns, "There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known." This highlights the eventual exposure of all things before God.

The theme of "open" in the Bible underscores the dynamic relationship between God and humanity, illustrating His power, revelation, and the invitation to engage with Him in faith and obedience.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Open place

Genesis 38:14, 21, mar. Enaim; the same probably as Enam (Joshua 15:34), a city in the lowland or Shephelah.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to enclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.

2. (a.) Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.

3. (a.) Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.

4. (a.) Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect.

5. (a.) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc.

6. (a.) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.

7. (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter.

8. (a.) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.

9. (a.) Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.

10. (a.) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say.

11. (a.) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.

12. (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.

13. (a.) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.

14. (n.) Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.

15. (v. t.) To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.

16. (v. t.) To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.

17. (v. t.) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

18. (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc.

19. (v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting.

20. (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers.

21. (v. i.) To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted.

22. (v. i.) To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view.

23. (v. i.) To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.

24. (v. i.) To bark on scent or view of the game.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

OPEN

o'-p'-n: In the Old Testament represents chiefly pathach, but also other words, as galah, "to uncover"; of the opening of the eyes in vision, etc. (thus Balaam, Numbers 22:31; Numbers 24:4; compare Job 33:16; Job 36:10 Psalm 119:18 Jeremiah 32:11, 14). In the New Testament the usual word is anoigo (of opening of mouth, eyes, heavens, doors, etc.). A peculiar word, trachelizomai (literally, to have the neck bent back, to be laid bare), is used for "laid open" before God in Hebrews 4:13.

OPEN PLACE

(1) The "open place" of Genesis 38:14 the King James Version, in which Tamar sat, has come from a misunderstanding of the Hebrew, the translators having taken bephethach `enayim to mean "in an opening publicly," instead of "in an opening (i.e. a gate) of Enaim" (compare Proverbs 1:21 in the Hebrew). The Revised Version (British and American) has corrected; see ENAIM.

(2) In 1 Kings 22:10 parallel 2 Chronicles 18:9 the Revised Version (British and American) relates that Ahab and Jehoshaphat sat "each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place (margin "Hebrew: a threshing-floor," the King James Version "a void place") at the entrance of the gate of Samaria." The Hebrew here is awkward, and neither the Septuagint nor the Syriac seems to have read the present text in 1 Kings 22:10, the former having "in arms, at the gate of Samaria," and the latter "in many-colored garments." Consequently various attempts have been made to emend the text, of which the simplest is the omission of beghoren, "in an open place." If, however, the text is right-as is not impossible-the open place is a threshing-floor close to the gate. See the commentaries.

Burton Scott Easton

Greek

455. anoigo -- to open
... 454, 455. anoigo. 456 . to open. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anoigo
Phonetic Spelling: (an-oy'-go) Short Definition: I open Definition: I open. ...
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1272. dianoigo -- to open up completely
... to open up completely. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dianoigo Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-an-oy'-go) Short Definition: I open fully Definition: I open fully ...
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835. aulizomai -- to lodge in the open, to lodge
... to lodge in the open, to lodge. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aulizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ow-lid'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I lodge, pass the night ...
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3856. paradeigmatizo -- to set forth as an example
... as an example. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paradeigmatizo Phonetic Spelling:
(par-ad-igue-mat-id'-zo) Short Definition: I put to open shame Definition ...
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2997. lasko -- to crack noisily
... Word Origin from a prim. root lak-, see lakao Definition to crack noisily
NASB Word Usage burst open (1). burst open. A strengthened ...
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833. aule -- a courtyard, a court
... 833 -- a building with an ; an , area that is enclosed but without a roof;
an open-air (interior) courtyard of a mansion or palace. ...
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63. agrauleo -- to live in the fields
... in the fields. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: agrauleo Phonetic Spelling:
(ag-row-leh'-o) Short Definition: I spend the night in the open Definition: I ...
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5136. trachelizo -- to take by the throat, to overthrow
... to overthrow. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: trachelizo Phonetic Spelling:
(trakh-ay-lid'-zo) Short Definition: I am laid bare, laid open Definition: I ...
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5318. phaneros -- visible, manifest
... known (2). manifest, open, outward. From phaino; shining, ie Apparent (literally
or figuratively); neuter (as adverb) publicly, externally ...
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4673. soros -- a cinerary urn, by anal. a coffin
... a coffin. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: soros Phonetic Spelling:
(sor-os') Short Definition: a bier, an open coffin Definition: a bier, an ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1234. baqa -- to cleave, break open or through
... 1233, 1234. baqa. 1235 . to cleave, break open or through. Transliteration:
baqa Phonetic Spelling: (baw-kah') Short Definition: split. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6475. patsah -- to part, open
... 6474, 6475. patsah. 6476 . to part, open. Transliteration: patsah Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-tsaw') Short Definition: opened. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6606. pethach -- to open
... 6605b, 6606. pethach. 6607 . to open. Transliteration: pethach Phonetic
Spelling: (peth-akh') Short Definition: open. Word Origin ...
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6473. paar -- to open wide (the mouth)
... paar. 6474 . to open wide (the mouth). Transliteration: paar Phonetic Spelling:
(paw-ar') Short Definition: opened. Word Origin a prim. ... gape, open wide. ...
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4054. migrash -- a common, common land, open land
... migrash or migrashah. 4055 . a common, common land, open land. Transliteration:
migrash or migrashah Phonetic Spelling: (mig-rawsh') Short Definition: lands. ...
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6605a. pathach -- to open
... 6605, 6605a. pathach. 6605b . to open. Transliteration: pathach Short
Definition: open. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to open ...
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6480. patsam -- to split open
... to split open. Transliteration: patsam Phonetic Spelling: (paw-tsam') Short Definition:
open. ... root Definition to split open NASB Word Usage split it open (1). ...
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6589. pasaq -- to part, open wide
... 6588, 6589. pasaq. 6590 . to part, open wide. Transliteration: pasaq Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-sak') Short Definition: wide. Word Origin a prim. ... open wide. ...
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6358. patur -- open
... 6357, 6358. patur. 6359 . open. Transliteration: patur Phonetic Spelling:
(paw-toor') Short Definition: open. Word Origin pass. part. of patar, qv. open ...
/hebrew/6358.htm - 5k

7339. rechob -- a broad open place, plaza
... 7338, 7339. rechob or rechob. 7340 . a broad open place, plaza. Transliteration:
rechob or rechob Phonetic Spelling: (rekh-obe') Short Definition: square. ...
/hebrew/7339.htm - 6k

Library

Open Sins
... VOLUME I: PSALMS I to XLIX OPEN SINS. 'Keep back Thy servant also from
presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/open sins.htm

The Open Fountain
... The Open Fountain. A Sermon (No.971). ... II. My chief business, this morning, is to
sound forth the second note of my text"it is a fountain OPEN. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the open fountain.htm

The Open Door
... XLII THE OPEN DOOR. Revelation iii.8. ... We do not force young men of twenty to come
here and say their prayers. We simply set before them an open door. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/xlii the open door.htm

An Open Life of Purity.
... The Triple Life: The Perspective of Service. (Luke ix:1-6; x:1-3, 17; John
xx:19-23; Matthew xxviii:18-20.) An Open Life of Purity. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/an open life of purity.htm

The Open Grave at Bethany
... THE OPEN GRAVE AT BETHANY. 'Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but
was in that place where Martha met Him. The Jews then which ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the open grave at bethany.htm

Whether the Effect of Baptism is to Open the Gates of the Heavenly ...
... OF THE EFFECTS OF BAPTISM (TEN ARTICLES) Whether the effect of Baptism
is to open the gates of the heavenly kingdom? Objection 1 ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the effect of baptism.htm

The Open Door.
... SERMON XXXV. THE OPEN DOOR. (Trinity Sunday.) Revelation 4:1. "A door was
opened in Heaven.". When Dante had written his immortal ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xxxv the open door.htm

Open Our Eyes
... XC OPEN OUR EYES. 2 Kings vi.17. ... This young man did not see things as they really
were, because, as we say in smaller matters, he did not have his eyes open. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/xc open our eyes.htm

Open to Me the Gates of Lovingkindness,
... MEDITATIONS Open to me the gates of lovingkindness,. tr., John Brownlie
11.10.11.10. I. Open to me the gates of lovingkindness,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/open to me the gates.htm

I Rose up to Open to My Beloved; My Hands Dropped with Myrrh, and ...
... CHAPTER V. 5. I rose up to open to my beloved; my hands dropped with myrrh,
and my fingers were bathed with the choicest myrrh. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/5 i rose up to.htm

Thesaurus

Open (586 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Open place. Genesis 38:14, 21, mar. Enaim; the same probably
as Enam (Joshua 15:34), a city in the lowland or Shephelah. ...
/o/open.htm - 41k

Open-work (1 Occurrence)
Open-work. Opens, Open-work. Operates . Multi-Version Concordance
Open-work (1 Occurrence). 1 Kings 7:17 There were ...
/o/open-work.htm - 6k

Open-handed (2 Occurrences)
Open-handed. Openhanded, Open-handed. Opening . Noah Webster's Dictionary ...
Multi-Version Concordance Open-handed (2 Occurrences). ...
/o/open-handed.htm - 7k

Open-'eyed (1 Occurrence)
Open-'eyed. Openeth, Open-'eyed. Openhanded . Multi-Version
Concordance Open-'eyed (1 Occurrence). Exodus 23:8 And a ...
/o/open-'eyed.htm - 6k

Open-minded (1 Occurrence)
Open-minded. Openly, Open-minded. Openness . Multi-Version
Concordance Open-minded (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 14:6 The ...
/o/open-minded.htm - 6k

Split-open (1 Occurrence)
Split-open. Split, Split-open. Splits . Multi-Version Concordance
Split-open (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 29:17 thus says ...
/s/split-open.htm - 6k

Spaces (15 Occurrences)
... Exodus 8:13 And the Lord did as Moses said; and there was an end of all the frogs
in the houses and in the open spaces and in the fields. (BBE). ...
/s/spaces.htm - 10k

Breaketh (49 Occurrences)
... Exodus 13:2 Hallow unto me every firstborn, whatever breaketh open the womb among
the children of Israel, of man and of cattle: it is mine. (DBY). ...
/b/breaketh.htm - 21k

Burst (33 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure,
especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from ...
/b/burst.htm - 17k

Beth-she'mesh (20 Occurrences)
... Joshua 21:16 and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land
about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of ...
/b/beth-she'mesh.htm - 12k

Resources

What is the open heaven concept? | GotQuestions.org

What is open theism? | GotQuestions.org

Should communion be open or closed? | GotQuestions.org

Open: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Open (586 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:7
"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 7:13
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.
(BBE)

Matthew 9:30
Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 11:5
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.
(BBE)

Matthew 11:16
"But to what shall I compare the present generation? It is like children sitting in the open places, who call to their playmates.
(WEY)

Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
(BBE)

Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:44
"The Kingdom of the Heavens is like treasure buried in the open country, which a man finds, but buries again, and, in his joy about it, goes and sells all he has and buys that piece of ground.
(WEY)

Matthew 17:27
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 20:33
They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 24:40
Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
(WEY)

Matthew 25:11
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying,'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, some with the open hand--
(WEY)

Matthew 26:69
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.
(BBE)

Matthew 27:27
Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.
(BBE)

Matthew 27:52
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 1:5
There went out to him people of all classes from Judaea, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem of all ranks, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, making open confession of their sins.
(WEY)

Mark 1:10
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
(Root in KJV WEY BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:22
There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.
(Root in BBE NIV)

Mark 7:34
Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 7:35
Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 11:4
They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.
(WEB ASV BBE RSV)

Mark 14:65
Thereupon some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, while striking Him with their fists and crying, "Prove that you are a prophet." The officers too struck Him with open hands as they took Him in charge.
(WEY)

Mark 14:66
And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;
(BBE)

Luke 1:64
His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 2:8
Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,
(WEY)

Luke 3:21
Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:22
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.
(BBE)

Luke 8:15
But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
(WEY)

Luke 8:17
There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.
(Root in WEY NIV)

Luke 11:9
"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:10
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:36
Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying,'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you,'I don't know you or where you come from.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:4
"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
(See NAS NIV)

Luke 22:55
And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.
(BBE)

Luke 24:16
But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.
(BBE)

Luke 24:31
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 1:51
He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 3:29
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.
(BBE)

John 4:35
Don't you say,'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
(See NIV)

John 5:24
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.
(BBE)

John 5:43
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.
(BBE)

John 6:45
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.
(BBE)

John 8:47
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.
(BBE)

John 9:10
They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 9:14
It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 9:15
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.
(BBE)

John 9:18
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,
(BBE)

John 9:21
but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."
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John 9:26
They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
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John 9:31
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.
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John 9:32
Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
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John 10:3
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
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John 10:21
Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"
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John 11:37
Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"
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John 11:42
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.
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John 18:22
Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the High Priest?"
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Acts 1:18
Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.
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Acts 5:23
"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"
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Acts 7:56
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
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Acts 8:32
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.
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Acts 9:8
Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
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Acts 12:10
When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
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Acts 12:14
When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
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Acts 12:16
But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
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Acts 14:27
When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
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Acts 16:14
A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
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Acts 16:26
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.
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Acts 16:27
The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
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Acts 18:14
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
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Acts 19:38
If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
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Acts 22:13
Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.
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Acts 26:17
I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,
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Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
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Acts 27:5
When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
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Romans 1:30
They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,
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Romans 3:13
"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"
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Romans 8:23
And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.
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Romans 16:23
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.
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1 Corinthians 16:9
for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
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2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
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2 Corinthians 3:2
You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;
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2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. Paul's Letter to the Galatians
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2 Corinthians 6:11
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
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2 Corinthians 6:13
Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.
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2 Corinthians 7:2
Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
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2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea.
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Ephesians 6:19
on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
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Colossians 4:3
praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
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1 Timothy 5:7
Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
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1 Timothy 5:24
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
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Titus 1:6
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
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Hebrews 4:13
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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Hebrews 6:6
and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
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Hebrews 9:8
And the lesson which the Holy Spirit teaches is this--that the way into the true Holy place is not yet open so long as the outer tent still remains in existence.
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Hebrews 10:20
by the new and ever-living way which He opened up for us through the rending of the veil--that is to say, of His earthly nature--
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Hebrews 13:2
Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
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