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118 Bible verses about The Presence of God
I want to share something with you about the most profound experience a person can have, something that will forever change your life, creating a clear before and after in your soul: experiencing the presence of God. Apart from Him, nothing truly fulfilling can be achieved. Spending even a single day in His presence is better than a thousand anywhere else.
There's no escaping His Holy Spirit. Wherever you are, His love will find you, time and time again. Don't even try to live without God's presence. He's the most important thing you need. He'll give you the strength to keep going and face whatever challenges come your way.
The success you're looking for comes from spending time in His presence. When you close the door and have that intimate time with the Father, you'll be transformed to be more like Christ. That's where you'll find the strength to take firm steps according to His will. As Psalm 16:111 says, "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.”
I pray that the Holy Spirit manifests in your life, that you experience Him as your everything – the strength that lifts you, the grace that sustains you – so you can delight in His love and give thanks for the joy of having Him in your life.
Having God is living a complete life. Every emptiness is filled. There's no better way to live than under the presence of the Holy Spirit. Being close to God is my good; I have made the Lord my refuge to declare all your works.
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?\par\tab Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:\par\tab If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.If I take the wings of the morning,\par\tab And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;Even there shall thy hand lead me,\par\tab And thy right hand shall hold me.
{\b For the Chief Musician. {\i A Psalm} of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.}\par\par\tab God is our refuge and strength,\par\tab A very present help in trouble.
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.}\par
Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, {\b I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.}
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, {\i there} is liberty.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving;\par\tab Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High\par\tab Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress;\par\tab My God, in whom I trust.
{\i O my soul}, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord:\par\tab I have no good beyond thee.
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:\par\tab That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,\par\tab To behold the beauty of Jehovah,\par\tab And to inquire in his temple.
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,\par\tab To all that call upon him in truth.
Thou wilt show me the path of life:\par\tab In thy presence is fulness of joy;\par\tab In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.\par
{\b For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.}\par\par\tab How amiable are thy tabernacles,\par\tab O Jehovah of hosts!My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;\par\tab My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,{\i even} the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
But it is good for me to draw near unto God:\par\tab I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge,\par\tab That I may tell of all thy works.\par
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,\par\tab I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;\par\tab Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,\par\tab At the presence of the God of Jacob,
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
{\b A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.}\par\par\tab O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee:\par\tab My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,\par\tab In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
who shall suffer punishment, {\i even} eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Then I was by him, {\i as} a master workman;\par\tab And I was daily {\i his} delight,\par\tab Rejoicing always before him,
Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?\par\tab Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known {\i me}.Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;\par\tab Thou understandest my thought afar off.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,\par\tab Is God in his holy habitation.God setteth the solitary in families:\par\tab He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity;\par\tab But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.\par
Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name:\par\tab The upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place,\par\tab Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.}\par
But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice,\par\tab Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:\par\tab Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.For thou wilt bless the righteous;\par\tab O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.\par
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
Bless Jehovah, O my soul.\par\tab O Jehovah my God, thou art very great;\par\tab Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment;\par\tab Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Great peace have they that love thy law;\par\tab And they have no occasion of stumbling.
Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,\par\tab And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.}\par
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:\par\tab They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
For his anger is but for a moment;\par\tab His favor is for a life-time:\par\tab Weeping may tarry for the night,\par\tab But joy {\i cometh} in the morning.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, {\i and} will gently lead those that have their young.\par
{\b For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.}\par\par\tab As the hart panteth after the water brooks,\par\tab So panteth my soul after thee, O God.My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:\par\tab When shall I come and appear before God?
For thou didst form my inward parts:\par\tab Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:\par\tab Wonderful are thy works;\par\tab And that my soul knoweth right well.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death,\par\tab Mine eyes from tears,\par\tab {\i And} my feet from falling.I will walk before Jehovah\par\tab In the land of the living.
{\b For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab My soul waiteth in silence for God only:\par\tab From him {\i cometh} my salvation.He only is my rock and my salvation:\par\tab {\i He is} my high tower;\par\tab I shall not be greatly moved.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, {\i even} Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me;\par\tab Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies,\par\tab And thy right hand will save me.
Jesus answered and said unto him, {\cf6 If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Be still, and know that I am God:\par\tab I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice;\par\tab In the morning will I order {\i my prayer} unto thee, and will keep watch.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help {\i us} in time of need.\par
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab The heavens declare the glory of God;\par\tab And the firmament showeth his handiwork.Day unto day uttereth speech,\par\tab And night unto night showeth knowledge.There is no speech nor language;\par\tab Their voice is not heard.Their line is gone out through all the earth,\par\tab And their words to the end of the world.\par\tab In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening {\i of the prison} to them that are bound;to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.\par
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,\par\tab And lean not upon thine own understanding:In all thy ways acknowledge him,\par\tab And he will direct thy paths.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, {\i which is} your spiritual service.And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.\par
let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,\par\tab To all that call upon him in truth.He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him;\par\tab He also will hear their cry and will save them.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness:\par\tab Thine ordinances have I set {\i before me}.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and {\b ye shall find rest unto your souls.}For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.}\par
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:\par\tab They will be still praising thee. {\i Selah\par
I have set Jehovah always before me:\par\tab Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul;\par\tab Like a weaned child with his mother,\par\tab Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah;\par\tab Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving;\par\tab Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:\par\tab I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;\par\tab Make thy way straight before my face.
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him,\par\tab And delivereth them.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\par
Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth {\i is thine}; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,\par\tab And into his courts with praise:\par\tab Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee:\par\tab Thou hast holden my right hand.Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel,\par\tab And afterward receive me to glory.
Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am.\par\par\tab If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?\par\tab And the son of man, that thou visitest him?For thou hast made him but little lower than God,\par\tab And crownest him with glory and honor.
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower;\par\tab The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield:\par\tab Jehovah will give grace and glory;\par\tab No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing {\i unto him}; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and {\i that} he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing,\par\tab Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves {\i with him}.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;\par\tab For I do not forget thy commandments.
Create in me a clean heart, O God;\par\tab And renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy presence;\par\tab And take not thy holy Spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;\par\tab And uphold me with a willing spirit.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;\par\tab I will be with him in trouble:\par\tab I will deliver him, and honor him.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee:\par\tab He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.}\par\par\tab Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:\par\tab According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,\par\tab And cleanse me from my sin.
{\b A Song of Ascents.}\par\par\tab Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah,\par\tab That walketh in his ways.
My frame was not hidden from thee,\par\tab When I was made in secret,\par\tab {\i And} curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
{\b RESH.}\par\par\tab Consider mine affliction, and deliver me;\par\tab For I do not forget thy law.
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
{\b Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,\par\tab And they shall call his name Immanuel};\par which is, being interpreted,\par\tab {\b God with us.}