'Far' in the Bible

O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.

May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.

I will send the one from the north far away from you, driving him into a dry and waste land, with his front to the sea of the east and his back to the sea of the west, and the smell of him will go up, even his evil smell will go up.

And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have given for a price to the sons of the Greeks, to send them far away from their land:

I will give your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah for a price, and they will give them for a price to the men of Sheba, a nation far off: for the Lord has said it.

You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;

For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.

And those of the children of Israel who were the first to be taken away as prisoners, will have their heritage among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and those who were taken away from Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will have the towns of the South.

And he will be judge between great peoples, and strong nations far away will be ruled by his decisions; their swords will be hammered into plough-blades and their spears into vine-knives: nations will no longer be lifting up their swords against one another, and knowledge of war will have gone for ever.

A day for building your walls! in that day will your limits be stretched far and wide.

And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.

The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.

Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

And those who are far away will come and be builders in the Temple of the Lord, and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.

Though I had them planted among the peoples, they will keep me in mind in far countries: and they will take care of their children and will come back.

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

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:

And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.

As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ:

But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)

Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.

The traders in these things, by which their wealth was increased, will be watching far off for fear of her punishment, weeping and crying;

For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,