Bible Verses About Drawing Nigh to God
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for drawing nigh to god, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 264 votes, led by James 4:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Drawing Nigh to God
James 4:870 votes
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
James 4:728 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:823 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
James 4:1018 votes
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Hebrews 10:2214 votes
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Psalms 73:2813 votes
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
Hebrews 7:1913 votes
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
1 John 2:1-2912 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
James 3:1-1811 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
James 5:1-2011 votes
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
1 John 1:911 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Luke 18:3510 votes
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
Philippians 3:1210 votes
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 11:610 votes
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
James 1:1-2710 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
What does the Bible say about drawing nigh to god?
Readers most often cite James 4:8 on the subject of drawing nigh to god. Across 264 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8, James 4:10. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.