Bible Verses about “doorkeepers”
The Bible contains 44 verses about doorkeepers across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have› [it] ‹more abundantly.›”
“‹I and› [my] ‹Father are one.›”
“For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.”
“‹And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any› [man] ‹pluck them out of my hand.›”
“‹My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:›”
“‹My Father, which gave› [them] ‹me, is greater than all; and no› [man] ‹is able to pluck› [them] ‹out of my Father's hand.›”
“‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.›”
“‹And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,› [and] ‹one shepherd.›”
“‹I am the good shepherd, and know my› [sheep], ‹and am known of mine.›”
“‹I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.›”
“‹To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.›”
“‹If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;›”
“‹No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.›”
“And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?”
“Jesus answered them, ‹Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?›”
“‹As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.›”
“‹But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.›”
“‹And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.›”
“‹Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.›”
“¶ And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.”
“Jesus answered them, ‹Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?›”
“Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.”
“The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”
“‹The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.›”
“‹But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father› [is] ‹in me, and I in him.›”
“‹Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?›”
“¶ ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.›”
“‹But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.›”
“‹And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.›”
“This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.”
“Then said Jesus unto them again, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.›”
“‹All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.›”
“‹If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.›”
“And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.”
“¶ There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.”
“Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?”
“And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.”
“Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.”
“Jesus answered them, ‹I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.›”
“‹But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.›”
“¶ Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,”
“And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.”
“And many believed on him there.”
“And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:”