Shuts

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

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.

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One 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.