Bible Cross References
nigh unto
Psalm 34:18
The LORD is near to those who are discouraged; he saves those who have lost all hope.
Psalm 46:1
God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
Psalm 46:5
God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed; at early dawn he will come to its aid.
Deuteronomy 4:7
"No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need him as the LORD our God is to us. He answers us whenever we call for help.
1 Kings 18:27
At noon Elijah started making fun of them: "Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!"
1 Kings 18:28
So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.
Isaiah 58:9
When you pray, I will answer you. When you call to me, I will respond. "If you put an end to oppression, to every gesture of contempt, and to every evil word;
John 14:23
Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them.
James 4:8
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!
call upon
Psalm 17:1
Listen, O LORD, to my plea for justice; pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to my honest prayer.
Psalm 119:2
Happy are those who follow his commands, who obey him with all their heart.
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD is pleased when good people pray, but hates the sacrifices that the wicked bring him.
Isaiah 1:15
"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 1:16
Wash yourselves clean. Stop all this evil that I see you doing. Yes, stop doing evil
Jeremiah 29:12
Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will answer you.
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.
Hosea 7:14
They have not prayed to me sincerely, but instead they throw themselves down and wail as the heathen do. When they pray for grain and wine, they gash themselves like pagans. What rebels they are!
Matthew 6:5-8
5
"When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites! They love to stand up and pray in the houses of worship and on the street corners, so that everyone will see them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.
6
But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
7
"When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long.
8
Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 23:14
OMITTED TEXT
John 4:24
God is Spirit, and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he really is."
1 John 3:20-22
20
If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything.
21
And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.
22
We receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.