Bible Verses About Loneliness
For the ache of feeling unseen — verses on the God who stays near and sets the solitary in families.
Loneliness can find you anywhere — an empty house, a crowded room, a new city. Scripture never shames the lonely; it answers them, with a God who comes near and does not leave.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
God's response to solitude: he sets the solitary in families.
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
The promise underneath everything: he will not fail nor forsake you.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
A prayer to borrow word-for-word: 'I am desolate and afflicted — turn to me.'
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.
Fear not, for I am with thee — presence as the cure for dismay.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
Even if father and mother forsake, the LORD gathers up.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Jesus' last recorded words: with you alway, to the end of the world.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
No distance — not even the uttermost parts of the sea — outruns his hand.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
You are seen, known, and accompanied — today, in this room. And the God who is with you often answers loneliness through his people; let him lead you toward them, one brave step at a time.
