Quotes about Nearby

“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

Those who are fascinated by the idea of progress do not suspect that everything moving forward is at the same time bringing the end nearer and that joyous watchwords like forward and farther are the lascivious voice of death urging us to hasten to it. (If fascination with the word forward has become universal, isn't it mainly because death is already speaking to us from nearby?)

The hour draws near!

Butter melting on a dish meant someone nearby was in love, and a bird in the house take your bad luck out the window.