What Does the Bible Say About God Being Close To Us?

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

James 4:8 ESV / 7 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.

John 14:6 ESV / 7 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.

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Psalm 73:28 ESV / 6 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.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 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. ...

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

James 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

James 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 5:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

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.

John 3:16 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.

Matthew 6:31-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 53:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

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.

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.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

34 Bible Verses about God Being Close To Us

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 73:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:31-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 18:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about God Being Close To Us

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Revelation 3:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 73:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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James 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:31-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 18:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote