What Does the Bible Say About Draw Near To God?

James 4:8 ESV / 77 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.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 72 helpful votes

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Hebrews 10:22 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 7:25 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 52 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 35 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. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 27 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.

Psalm 73:28 ESV / 27 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 17:3 ESV / 26 helpful votes

And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 24 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

John 4:23 ESV / 23 helpful votes

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Psalm 27:4 ESV / 23 helpful votes

One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Hebrews 10:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

John 14:6 ESV / 12 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.

Hebrews 12:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

Hebrews 7:19 ESV / 11 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.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 3:1-36 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Matthew 22:36-40 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

1 John 2:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

James 4:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 9 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.

Zechariah 1:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 8 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; ...

Job 14:1-22 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one. Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, ...

Ephesians 2:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Romans 13:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Matthew 19:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 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 Corinthians 1:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— ...

Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

1 John 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Job 14:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.

Genesis 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”

Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

44 Bible Verses about Draw Near To God

James 4:8 ESV / 77 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 74 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 72 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 73:28 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 17:3 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:23 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:4 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 3:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:1-36 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:36-40 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Zechariah 1:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 14:1-22 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 6:17-18 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 14:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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