• Psalm 65:4 ESV
    Blessed is the one you choose and bring near,
    to dwell in your courts!
    We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
    the holiness of your temple!
  • Psalm 73:28 ESV
    But for me it is good to be near God;
    I have made the LordGod my refuge,
    that I may tell of all your works.
  • Psalm 145:18 ESV
    TheLord is near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him in truth.
  • Isaiah 55:1-3 ESV
    "Come, everyone who thirsts,
    come to the waters;
    and he who has no money,
    come, buy and eat!
    Come, buy wine and milk
    without money and without price.
    2Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
    and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
    Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
    and delight yourselves in rich food.
    3Incline your ear, and come to me;
    hear, that your soul may live;
    and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    my steadfast, sure love for David.
  • Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV
    "Seek theLord while he may be found;
    call upon him while he is near;
    7let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
    let him return to theLord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Zechariah 1:3 ESV
    Therefore say to them, Thus declares theLord of hosts: Return to me, says theLord of hosts, and I will return to you, says theLord of hosts.
  • John 12:32 ESV
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
  • Hebrews 7:19 ESV
    (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
  • Hebrews 10:19-22 ESV
    Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22let 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.
  • James 4:8 ESV
    Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.