'Closer' in the Bible

"Come closer to me," Isaac replied, "so I can eat some of the game, my son, and then bless you." So Jacob came closer, and Isaac ate. Jacob also brought wine so his father could drink.

After this, Jacob's father Isaac told him, "Come closer and kiss me, my son."

So Jacob drew closer to kiss him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his son's clothes, he blessed him and said, "How my son's scent is the fragrance of the field that the LORD has blessed.

"Do not come any closer," God said. "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground."

It's true that I'm your related redeemer, but there is another related redeemer even closer than I.

With a man carrying his shield in front of him, the Philistine kept coming closer to David.

When the Philistine got up and came closer to meet David, David quickly ran to the battle line to meet the Philistine.

A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

When the days grew closer for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he was determined to continue his journey to Jerusalem.

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:

However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.

For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away,