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Bible verses for loneliness
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Loneliness appears in the Bible more often as a described experience than as a problem to be solved. Psalms speak of being forgotten; Elijah says he is the only one left; Paul writes that at one hearing everyone deserted him.
The passages below sit alongside that honesty. If loneliness has become persistent, talking to someone — a friend, a doctor, or a helpline — is worth more than any list of verses, and that is not a failure of faith.
7 passages
Each shows its reference and translation, and links to the chapter it comes from.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
The LORD 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.”
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.”
7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? 8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! 9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
16At my first defence, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them. 17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible British Edition, which is in the public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.