פָּתַח

And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

…but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

…to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

…who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

…the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

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.

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.