30 Bible Verses About Keys

“I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.”

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

“I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.”

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.”

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.”

“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

“Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.”

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

“like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.”

“They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.”

“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.”

“But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.”

“Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.”

“Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.”

“This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place.”

“And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.”

“The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.”

“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’”

“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”

“In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”

“He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.”

“The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.”

“Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations— their kings led in triumphal procession.”

““Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.”

“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”

“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”

“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.”

“I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.”

“When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.”