107 Bible Verses about Loneliness

And LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make a help meet for him.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet I will not forget thee.

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.

And LORD, he it is who goes before thee. He will be with thee. He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Fear not, neither be dismayed.

Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not frightened, neither be thou dismayed, for LORD thy God is with thee wherever thou go.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then LORD will take me up.

When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you.

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee. So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he will not hear.

And he said, What have thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cries to me from the ground. And now cursed are thou from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer thou shall be on the earth.

And when Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. And when Saul inquired of LORD, LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me. So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

And there is none who calls upon thy name, who stirs himself up to take hold of thee. For thou have hid thy face from us, and have consumed us through our iniquities.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek LORD, but they shall not find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart.

saying, I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is it to us? See thou to it. And having cast down the silver pieces in the temple, he departed, and after going away, he hanged himself.

And David said to God, Is it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? Even I it is who have sinned and done very badly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and agains

And Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, Before a cock sounds, thou will deny me thrice. And having gone outside, he wept bitterly.

Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.

The infirmed man answered him, Sir, I have no man so that when the water is agitated he might put me into the pool, but while I am coming another steps down before me.

The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How do thou, being Jewish, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman, for Jews do not associate with Samaritans?

For thou have had five husbands, and he whom thou now have is not thy husband. This thou have said true.

And all who saw murmured, saying, He went in to relax with a sinful man.

And the scholars and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery. And having stood her in the midst,

And those who passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save thyself, and come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking among each other with the scholars said, He saved others, he cannot save himself.read more.
Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe in him. And those who were crucified with him reviled him.

At my first defense no man came with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.

Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Thou have put beloved and friend far from me, and my acquaintances into darkness.

Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, an only begotten son who died was being carried out for his mother. And she was a widow, and a considerable crowd of the city were with her.

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left, and her two sons. And they took wives for them of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth, and they dwelt there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died, both of them, and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou know that thy servant feared LORD, and the creditor has come to take my two children to him to be bo

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped. And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says, A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not.

Thus says LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping. Rachel weeping for her children, she refused to be comforted for her children, because they are not.

But the real widow, and made alone, has hoped in God, and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

And when he came forth upon the land, a certain man met him out of the city, who had demons of a considerable time. And he wore no clothing, and did not dwell in a house, but in the sepulchers.

And when he came out of the boat, straightaway there met him out of the sepulchers a man with an unclean spirit who had his habitation among the sepulchers. And no man was able to bind him, not even with chains.

And Jesus demanded him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion, because many demons were entered into him.

And he demanded him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, because we are many.

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's belly, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask charity from those who entered into the temple,

Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he is of thy seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. For whatever man he is who has a blemish, he shall not approach: [not] a blind man, or a lame [man], or he who has a flat nose, or anything superfluous,

And after they departed, behold, they brought to him a mute man possessed with a demon.

Then a blind and mute man being demon possessed, was brought to him. And he healed him, so as for the blind and mute man both to speak and to see.

And as he entered into a certain village, ten leprous men who stood from afar met him.

And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance of it is not deeper than the skin, and the hair of it be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the disease seven days.

And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Command the sons of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every man who has an issue, and whoever is unclean about life. Ye shall put out both male and female. Ye shall put them outside the camp, that they not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?

And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper. For he was cut off from the house of LORD, and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone upon the house-top.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro to the dawning of the day.

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, nor were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my

The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said, Destroy.

I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.

When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end.

Woe is me, my mother, that thou have bore me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me, [yet] every one of them curses me.

Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. My soul desires the first ripe fig.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.

And she said, As LORD thy God lives, I do not have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse. And, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son that we may eat it,

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor man is separated from his friend.

And when he spent all, a mighty famine developed in that country, and he began to be in want. And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he longed to fill his belly from the husks that the swine ate, and no man gave to him.

Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.

And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my

Yea, tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou are with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

The cords of death encompassed me, and the floods of lawlessness made me afraid. The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me. In my distress I called upon LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor heavenly agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And he said, I have been very jealous for LORD, the God of hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my lif

And LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent thee? And he said to him, Oh, LORD, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. I have appointed thee a prophet to the nations.

Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts. I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice. I sat alone because of thy hand, for thou have filled me with indignation.

And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And again having summoned the twelve, he began to tell them the things that were going to

And he said to Moses, Come up to LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship ye afar off. And Moses alone shall come near to LORD, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.

Be strong and of good courage, for thou shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou may have good success wherever thou go.

And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples in private on the way, and he said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scholars. And they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles to ridicule, and to scourge, and to crucify. And the third day he will rise.

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou do is not good. Thou will surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee. Thou are not able to perform it thyself alone.

Besides the external things, crowding upon me daily is the care of all the congregations.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?

And having become the sixth hour, darkness occurred over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?

My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I am not silent.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry.

And Jesus, full of Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, afterward he was hungry.

And having dismissed the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain in private to pray. And having become evening, he was there alone.

And all in the synagogue were filled with rage, having heard these things. And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong. But he, having passed through the midst of them, departed.

Jesus said therefore to the twelve, Do ye not also want to go?

Behold, the hour comes, and now has come, that ye will be scattered, each man to his own things, and ye will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy private room, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee in the open.

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. And the agent of LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. And he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tent, and [LORD] spoke with Moses.

And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. He went in therefore, and shut the door upon the two of them, and prayed to LORD.

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I want, but as thou.

And having risen early, very much in the night, he came out and departed into a desolate place, and prayed there.

And straightaway he compelled his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself would send the crowd away. And after sending them away, he departed onto the mountain to pray.

I John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Christ Jesus, happened to be on the isle that is called Patmos because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

And after six days Jesus takes Peter and James and John, and leads them up onto a high mountain alone, in private. And he was transfigured before them,

So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. And there remained no strength in me, for my fitness was turned in me into debility, and I retained no strength.

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in body, I know not, or whether outside the body, I know not, God knows) such a man was caught up as far as the third heaven. And I know such a man (whether in body, or whether outside the body, I know not, God knows) that he was caught up into the paradise, and heard inexpressible sayings that are not permitted for a man to utter.

And he said to them, Come ye yourselves in private into a desolate place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat. And they departed in the boat to a desolate place in private.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.