11 Bible Verses about Nearness To God

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 73:28

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.

Isaiah 50:8

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.

Jeremiah 23:23

Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?

Acts 17:27

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:

1 Samuel 14:36

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

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Nearness to God » General references to

Acts 17:27

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:

Nearness to God » Abiding in Christ (select reading john 15)

2 John 1:9

Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

1 John 2:28

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

More verses: John 15:4-7

Nearness to God » In prayer and fellowship

Psalm 73:28

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.

1 Samuel 14:36

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

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