Bible Verses of Loneliness

Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.

Psalms 142:4

When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.

Psalms 142:3

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

Psalms 137:6

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

Psalms 137:5

How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?

Psalms 137:4

for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Psalms 137:3

There on the poplars we hung our harps,

Psalms 137:2

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Psalms 137:1

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalms 120:7

Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

Psalms 120:6

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Psalms 120:5

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.

Psalms 107:4

I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.

Psalms 102:7

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

Psalms 102:6

You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.

Psalms 88:18

You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;

Psalms 88:8

I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother`s children;

Psalms 69:8

God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

Psalms 68:6

My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

Psalms 38:11

I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.

Psalms 31:12

Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.

Psalms 27:10

Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Psalms 25:16

The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 19:7

Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips.

Micah 7:5

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Matthew 8:20

He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don`t know this man you`re talking about.”

Mark 14:71

Again he denied it. After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”

Mark 14:70

When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, “This fellow is one of them.”

Mark 14:69

But he denied it. “I don`t know or understand what you`re talking about,” he said, and went out into the entryway.

Mark 14:68

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him. “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,” she said.

Mark 14:67

While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by.

Mark 14:66

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

Mark 14:54

he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

Mark 14:52

A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him,

Mark 14:51

Then everyone deserted him and fled.

Mark 14:50

Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.

Mark 1:45

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

Luke 5:16

At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

Luke 4:42

But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

Luke 1:7

There they stopped to spend the night. They went and sat in the city square, but no one took them in for the night.

Judges 19:15

There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there.

Judges 18:28

Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.

Jonah 4:5

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.

Job 30:29

All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.

Job 19:19

Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.

Job 19:18

My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.

Job 19:17

I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.

Job 19:16

My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger.

Job 19:15

My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:14

“He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

Job 19:13

Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?

Job 7:19

deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless`?

Job 6:23

Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,

Job 6:22

Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.

Job 6:21

They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.

Job 6:20

The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.

Job 6:19

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.

Job 6:18

but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.

Job 6:17

when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,

Job 6:16

But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow

Job 6:15

He will die in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

Jeremiah 22:12

For this is what the Lord says about Shallum son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return.

Jeremiah 22:11

Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss; rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled, because he will never return nor see his native land again.

Jeremiah 22:10

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.”

Isaiah 49:14

The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.

Isaiah 33:8

So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Genesis 2:20

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 2:18

Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man—

Ecclesiastes 6:5

It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded.

Ecclesiastes 6:4

A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind:

Ecclesiastes 6:1

They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.

Ecclesiastes 5:20

Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

All their days they eat in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

Everyone comes naked from their mother`s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,

Ecclesiastes 5:13

The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

Ecclesiastes 5:11

Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6

It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king`s successor.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

Ecclesiastes 4:11

If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:

Ecclesiastes 4:9