Now Jericho ¹  was shut tightly ²  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ³ 

The Lord said to me: “This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

The ruined town ¹  is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight. ² 

because it ¹  did not shut the doors ²  of my mother’s womb on me, ³  nor did it hide trouble ⁴  from my eyes!

Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.

Then a wind ¹  came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord ²  spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

So the men inside ¹  reached out ²  and pulled Lot back into the house ³  as they shut the door.

I will place the key ¹  to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.

Those that entered were male and female, ¹  just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

He went in by himself and closed the door. ¹  Then he prayed to the Lord.

“Who shut up ¹  the sea with doors when it burst forth, ²  coming out of the womb,

Its back ¹  has rows of shields, shut up closely ²  together as with a seal;

Its gates will never be closed during the day ¹  (and ²  there will be no night there). ³ 

She went up and laid him down on the prophet’s ¹  bed. She shut the door behind her and left.

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then ¹  the door was shut.

Anyone who enters ¹  the house all the days the priest ²  has quarantined it will be unclean until evening.

As Ehud went out into the vestibule, ¹  he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

In the dark the robber ¹  breaks into houses, ²  but by day they shut themselves in; ³  they do not know the light. ⁴ 

Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”