7 Bible Verses about Closeness
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I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.
For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her. And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law. But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.read more.
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death. And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
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Closeness » Who the lord is near to
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.
The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.
Closeness » The lord being near
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right. He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.
Closeness » Those that are close to the lord
And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.
Closeness » The reward for not drawing near to God
Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town! She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.
Closeness » Drawing near to God
But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
Closeness » The reward for drawing near to God
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
