30 Bible Verse About Getting Closer To God

James 4:8:

“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
Psalm 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.”
Matthew 6:33:

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Psalm 73:28:

“But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.”
Psalm 119:2:

“Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.”
Hebrews 10:22:

“Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.”
Psalm 16:11:

“You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
Matthew 7:7:

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Isaiah 55:6:

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”
Deuteronomy 4:29:

“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Psalm 27:8:

“My heart says of you, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Psalm 42:1:

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.”
1 Chronicles 16:11:

“Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”
Acts 17:27:

“God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.”
Psalm 119:10:

“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.”
Proverbs 8:17:

“I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.”
Philippians 3:10:

“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.”
Colossians 3:1-2:

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
Psalm 119:58:

“I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.”
Matthew 22:37:

“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”
Luke 11:9-10:

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Psalm 34:10:

“The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”
Isaiah 26:9:

“My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.”
Luke 12:31:

“But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.”
Psalm 105:4:

“Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”
Matthew 6:6:

“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
Psalm 119:45:

“I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.”
Jeremiah 24:7:

“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.”
Luke 18:1:

“Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.”