12 Bible Verses about God Far Away
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Am I then God that seeth but the thing, which is nigh at hand, and not that is afar off? sayeth the LORD.
Why standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?
{To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint?
And he said furthermore unto me, "Thou son of man, seest thou what these do? Seest thou the great abominations that the house of Israel commit in this place? Which ought not to be done in my sanctuary: But turn thee about, and thou shalt see yet greater abominations."
This thou seest, O LORD. Hold not thy tongue then; go not far from me, O LORD.
The LORD is far from the ungodly; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
And being in hell, in torments, he lift up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom;
For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off.
Even so shall the LORD now also appear unto me from far, and say, 'I love thee with an everlasting love, therefore do I spread my mercy before thee.'
