Come close to GOD...and GOD will come close to you.

Come Close To God

 

James 4:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

 

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Psalm 73:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

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.

John 14:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

 

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 3:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ...

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Hebrews 7:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...

Philippians 4:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

2 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 8:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Acts 2:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 21:1-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, ...

Luke 9:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Mark 13:1-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” And Jesus began to say to them, “See that no one leads you astray. ...

Jeremiah 23:23-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.

Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Psalm 73:27-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. 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.

Psalm 51:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

1 Samuel 18:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

James 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

 

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.