From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.

You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.

where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live.

Hungry and thirsty,
They fainted.

They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.

They draw near that follow after evil: they are far from your law.

You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.

[Tau] Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.

Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.

Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, - That I abide near the tents of Kedar!

Too long my soul has had its dwelling near [one who] hates peace.

Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

Just as one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered near the entrance to the place of the dead.

Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah, Near Thee I am covered.

The LORD is near unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

He also exalts the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise you the LORD.

Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,
for he trusts you and lives near you.

Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

Remove your way far from her, and come not near the door of her house:

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them;

M If you do not know,
most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
near the shepherds’ tents.

“He has brought me to his banqueting place,
And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus,

Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!

And I draw near unto the prophetess, and she conceiveth, and beareth a son; and Jehovah saith unto me, 'Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? -- from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?

The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

sends couriers by sea,
in reed vessels on the waters.

Go, swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth-skinned,
to a people feared far and near,
a powerful nation with a strange language,
whose land is divided by rivers.

At that time a gift will be brought to Yahweh of Hosts from a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the name of Yahweh of Hosts.

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.

On that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the Lord near her border.

the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.

As a woman with child, that draweth near her delivery, is in travail, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, Jehovah.

Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;

For their princes have been, in Zoan, - And, their messengers unto Hanes, would draw near.

[You who are] far away, hear what I have done; and [you who are] near, know my might!"

Come near, nations, to hear; and peoples, listen attentively! Let the earth hear, and that which fills it; [the] world and all its offspring.

Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, along with a massive army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. The Assyrian stood near the conduit of the upper pool, by the road to the Fuller’s Field.

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.

Listen to me in silence, coastlands, and let nations renew [their] strength. Let them approach, then let them speak; let us draw near together for judgment.

[The] coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble. They have drawn near, and they have come.

Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou art, I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee.

Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.

They shall draw near and announce to us what shall happen: shewed they the former things, what they were, and we will set our heart, and we shall know their latter state; or did we hear things coming?

Reveal the near things after this, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, so that we may be amazed and see together.

Assemble and come; draw near together, survivors of the nations! They do not know, those who carry {their wooden idols} and pray to a god who cannot save.

Declare and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? who hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me.

I bring my righteousness near; [it is] not far. And my salvation will not delay; and I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory."

Draw near to me; hear this! I have not spoken in secrecy from [the] {beginning}; from [the] time {it came to be}, there I [have been]; And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit."

Yet shall the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears, The place is strait to me: draw near to me and I shall dwell.

he who obtains rights for me [is] near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who [is] the master of my judgment? Let him approach me.

My righteousness [is] near; my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge [the] peoples. [The] coastlands wait for me, and for my arm they wait.

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!

In righteousness you shall be established. Be far from oppression, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth!

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

"But you, come near here, you children of a soothsayer, offspring [of] an adulterer and she [who] commits fornication.

you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.

creating fruit of lips. Peace, peace to the far and near," says Yahweh, "and I will heal him.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

"I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me. I was near to those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am. Here I am.' to a nation that did not call on my name.

{who say}, "{Keep to yourself}! You must not come near me, for I am [too] holy for you!" These [are] a smoke in my {nostrils}, a fire burning all day.

For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north," says the Lord. "They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah.

“Run for safety, you children of Benjamin,
Out of the midst of Jerusalem!
And blow a trumpet in Tekoa [in Judah]
And raise a signal-fire in Beth-haccherem [near Jerusalem];
For evil is looking down [with eager anticipation] from the north,
And great destruction.

Against her, shall come shepherds with their flocks; They have pitched against her their tents, round about, They tend their flocks every one near at hand.

"Therefore, the time is near," declares the LORD, "when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They'll bury in Topheth because there is no other place to do it.

Not only do you plant them, they take root. They grow, but also they produce fruit. You [are] near in their mouths, but far from their {inmost beings}.

They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

and go out to the Valley of Hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.

[Am] I a God from near," {declares} Yahweh, "and not a God from far?

and all the kings of the north, near and far, each one to his brother, and all the kingdoms of the world that [are] on the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach, he will drink after them.

I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together from all the nations and from all the places where I had sent you away, says the Lord; and I will take you back again to the place from which I sent you away prisoners.

And their noble will be from them, and their ruler will come out from their midst. And I will bring him near and he will approach me. For who [is] he that would pledge his heart to approach me?' {declares} Yahweh.

And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;

At that time Baruch went into the temple of the Lord. He stood in the entrance of the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan who had been the royal secretary. That room was in the upper court near the entrance of the New Gate. There, where all the people could hear him, he read from the scroll what Jeremiah had said.

The king, therefore sent, Jehudi, to fetch the roll, and he fetched it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, - and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who were standing near the king.

then took they all the men, and went their way to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah, - and found him near the many waters which were in Gibeon.

and they departed, and dwelt in the khan of Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, - that they might go to enter Egypt;

Then drew near all the captains of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, - and all the people from the least even unto the greatest;

came near and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication come before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant (for we are left a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us);

Prepare ye buckler and shield, And draw near to battle:

Near is the doom of Moab, to come, - And, his calamity, hasteth greatly.