Near

You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”

They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.

Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.

Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”

Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.

For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.

They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,

It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”

To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”

For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

…and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’

When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”

Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

…and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at the door.

Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’

‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had come near, Jesus asked him,

While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.

So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,

As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

…(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

…let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.