35 Bible Verses About Drawing Closer To God

James 4:8

“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.”

Hebrews 10:22

“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.”

Psalm 73:28

“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.”

Matthew 6:33

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

Psalms 145:18

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

Jeremiah 29:13

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

Proverbs 8:17

“I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.”

Matthew 7:7-8

“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.”

Isaiah 55:6

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

Psalms 27:8

“You have said, ‘Seek my face.’ My heart says to you, ‘Your face, Lord, do I seek.’”

Deuteronomy 4:29

“But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Colossians 3:1-2

“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

Jeremiah 33:3

“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”

John 15:7

“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

Psalm 27:4

“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.”

Psalm 105:4

“Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”

1 Chronicles 16:11

“Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”

Matthew 7:13-14

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

Psalm 119:10-11

“With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”

Psalm 119:2

“Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart”

Psalm 9:10

“And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.”

Zephaniah 2:3

“Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.”

Lamentations 3:25

“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.”

Proverbs 28:5

“Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.”

Proverbs 28:13

“Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.”

2 Chronicles 7:14

“if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Psalm 119:45

“And I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.”

Proverbs 8:35

“For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord.”

Matthew 10:39

“Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

Acts 17:27

“that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.”

Psalm 119:132

“Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your way with those who love your name.”

Psalm 119:145

“With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes.”

Matthew 6:6

“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

Jeremiah 33:9

“And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.”

1 Chronicles 16:11

“Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”

Acts 15:17

“that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things”

Proverbs 18:15

“An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”

Matthew 6:33

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

Lamentations 3:25

“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.”