Psalm 145:18 {144:18}
Good News Translation
He is near to those who call to him, who call to him with sincerity.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Contemporary English Version
and you are near to everyone whose prayers are sincere.

New American Bible
The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

nigh unto

Psalm 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

Psalm 46:1,4 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:7 Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

1 Kings 18:27,28 And when it was now noon, Elias jested at them, saying: Cry with a louder voice: for he is a god; and perhaps he is talking, or is in an inn, or on a journey; or perhaps he is asleep, and must be awaked. . . .

Isaiah 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word. And my Father will love him and we will come to him and will make our abode with him.

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

call upon

Psalm 17:1 The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

Psalm 119:2 Blessed are they that search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.

Proverbs 15:8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Isaiah 1:15,16 And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood. . . .

Jeremiah 29:12,13 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go. and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you. . . .

Hosea 7:14 And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howled in their beds: they have thought upon wheat and wine, they are departed from me.

Matthew 6:5-8 And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. . . .

Matthew 23:14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.

John 4:24 God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth.

1 John 3:20-22 For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things. . . .

Context
I Will Exalt You, My God and King
17The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works. 18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.19He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.…
Cross References
John 4:24
God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth.

Deuteronomy 4:7
Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

Psalm 34:18
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

Psalm 46:1
Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.

Psalm 75:1
Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph. [2] We will praise thee, O God: we will praise, and we will call upon thy name. We will relate thy wondrous works:

Psalm 119:151
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.

Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

Lamentations 3:57
Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.

Daniel 9:20
Now while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people of Israel, and presenting my supplications in the sight of my God, for the holy mountain of my God:

Psalm 145:17
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