Bible Verses About Loneliness

"Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?"

Nowhere to flee from God's presence — including the places we feel most alone.

"Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”"

God will not leave you or forsake you — a direct answer to abandonment.

"teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen."

I am with you always — the final words of Matthew.

"Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness."

Do not fear, for I am with you — presence as the answer to isolation.

"Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”"

Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you — a double negative for emphasis.

"God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land."

God sets the lonely in families — a social answer to an aching problem.

"I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you."

I will not leave you as orphans — abandonment is not the plan.

"Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted."

Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted — even David prayed this.

"For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard."

He has not hidden his face from the afflicted — it only felt that way.

"But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion."

The Lord stood at my side — in Paul's most isolated moment.

"For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,"

Nothing can separate us from the love of God — including isolation.

"Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”"

He goes before you and will be with you — never abandoned.

"He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds."

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

"“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!"

Can a mother forget her child? God's answer is no.

"Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing."

God rejoices over you — you are not ignored or forgotten.