What Does the Bible Say About Closer Relationship With God?

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 4 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.”

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

James 4:8 ESV / 3 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.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

1 John 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Ephesians 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 14:27 ESV / 2 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.

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ...

Mark 10:17-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ...

Isaiah 53:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Psalm 143:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled. I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. ...

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 100:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Psalm 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,

Psalm 22:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. ...

Psalm 19:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. ...

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

1 John 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

Hebrews 4:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 145:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A Song of Praise. Of David. I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. ...

34 Bible Verses about Closer Relationship With God

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:17-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 143:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 100:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 22:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 4:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 145:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Closer Relationship With God

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Ephesians 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:17-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 143:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 100:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 22:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 4:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 145:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote