12 Bible Verses about Nearness To God
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As for me, how good for me it is that God is near! I have made the Lord GOD my refuge so I can tell about all your deeds. An instruction of Asaph
I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed.
The LORD remains near to all who call out to him, to everyone who calls out to him sincerely.
The one who vindicates me is near. Who, then, will bring a charge against me? Let's face each other! Who has a case against me? Let him confront me!
"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "rather than a God who is far away?
so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.
Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until dawn, and let's not leave a single one of them alive." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you!" But the priest said, "Let's draw near to God here."
since the Law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God.
let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Bible Theasaurus
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Nearness to God » General references to
The LORD remains near to all who call out to him, to everyone who calls out to him sincerely.
so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed.
I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.
Nearness to God » Abiding in Christ (select reading john 15)
Everyone who does not remain true to the teaching of the Messiah, but goes beyond it, does not have God. The person who remains true to the teaching of the Messiah has both the Father and the Son.
Even now, little children, abide in him. Then, when he appears, we will have confidence and will not turn away from him in shame when he comes.
The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.
No one who remains in union with him keeps on sinning. The one who keeps on sinning hasn't seen him or known him.
If you keep my commandments, you'll 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
since the Law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God.
let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
As for me, how good for me it is that God is near! I have made the Lord GOD my refuge so I can tell about all your deeds. An instruction of Asaph
Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until dawn, and let's not leave a single one of them alive." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you!" But the priest said, "Let's draw near to God here."
