What Does the Bible Say About When God Shuts A Door?

Revelation 3:7-8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Revelation 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

2 Corinthians 2:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord,

1 Corinthians 16:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Genesis 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 19:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Revelation 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

Revelation 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

Revelation 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

1 John 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Acts 20:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 16:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

Acts 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

John 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 10:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 13:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’

Matthew 25:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’

Matthew 25:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

Matthew 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Isaiah 30:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

Isaiah 22:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

2 Kings 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.”

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Genesis 7:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

42 Bible Verses about When God Shuts A Door

Revelation 3:7-8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 2:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 16:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 19:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 16:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 13:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 30:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 22:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 7:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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