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And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.

Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.

For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.

Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,

…and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

…and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

…the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

…the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.

Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”

The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.

Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.

Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”

“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

…let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

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.”

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

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

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

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.

Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

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.

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

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.

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

You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

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

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

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

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

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

Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.

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

By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

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

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

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.

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.

Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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.

The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

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

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

…to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.