12 Bible Verses about Nearness To God
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But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
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.
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,
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."
(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Nearness to God » General references to
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
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,
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Nearness to God » Abiding in Christ (select reading john 15)
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.
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.
whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
Nearness to God » In prayer and fellowship
(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
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."