'Closer' in the Bible

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come closer to me.” And they came closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

Now it is true I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I.

A man of too many friends comes to ruin,But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.