12 Bible Verses about Nearness To God

Most Relevant Verses

Isaiah 50:8

He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Jeremiah 23:23

"Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away?

Acts 17:27

that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

1 Samuel 14:36

Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." But the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."

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Nearness to God » General references to

Acts 17:27

that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

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

2 John 1:9

Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

More verses: John 15:4-7

Nearness to God » In prayer and fellowship

1 Samuel 14:36

Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." But the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."

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