Near To God

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was Near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you Near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

• Priest

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come Near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, Near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came Near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came Near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

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.

• Thankfulness

{to the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is Near thy wondrous works declare.

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come Near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:

Then Nebuchadnezzar came Near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

Then they came Near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not Near to her God.