29 Bible Verses about Access to God

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place? The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter -- one that remains trustworthy.

I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

So Jesus said to them again, "I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place? The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the Lord's house for the rest of my life.

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.

For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all! I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

A psalm of David. Lord, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the veil-canopy. He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, so that he will not die. Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. read more.
"He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, read more.
let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

Moses alone may come near the Lord, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him."

So Moses cut out two tablets of stone like the first; early in the morning he went up to Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone. The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name. The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, read more.
keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children's children, to the third and fourth generation."

many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, "Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the Lord our God!"'"

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.

"Yet even now," the Lord says, "return to me with all your heart -- with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!"

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds, but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him --

so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.

I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.