Deuteronomy 4:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is whenever we call to him?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:23

Who is like your people, like Israel? Is there another nation on earth whose God went to redeem it as a people and to make a name for himself, doing great and awesome things, driving out nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt?

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Psalm 147:20

He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 148:14

He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful, for the people of Israel who are close to him. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 34:17

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and rescues them from all their troubles.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 73:28

But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, to tell of all your works.

Psalm 85:9

Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 43:4

Because you are precious in my sight and honored and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Numbers 23:21

He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, acclaimed as a king among them.

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the crags I see him; from the hills I behold him. Here is a people living alone and not reckoning itself among the nations!

Acts 17:27

so that they would search for God and perhaps fumble about for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us.

Deuteronomy 26:19

for him to set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor; and for you to be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.”

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, but you shall tread on their backs.”

Deuteronomy 4:32

“For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has its like ever been heard of?

Deuteronomy 5:26

For who is there of all flesh that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and lived?

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.