14 Bible Verses about Solitude

"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

But all the more the report about him continued to spread; and great crowds began to come together to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities. But Jesus himself habitually withdrew into solitary places, and there used to pray.

It happened about that time that he went out into the mountain to pray. He continued all night in prayer to God.

And when it was daybreak he left the town, and went away to a solitary place; and the crowd kept seeking him. Coming at length upon him, they attempted to detain him so that he should not leave them.

But Jesus himself habitually withdrew into solitary places, and there used to pray.

Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone.

When the apostles had come back to Jesus, they told him all the things they had done, and all they had taught.

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

In the morning he rose a great while before day and went out to a desert place, and there prayed.

Then he at once compelled the disciples to embark in the boat and go before him to Bethsaida on the other side, while he sent the people away. After he had taken leave of them, he went away into the mountain to pray.

I, John, who am your brother and who share with you in the woes and kingdom and stedfastness of Jesus, found myself in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

When the apostles had come back to Jesus, they told him all the things they had done, and all they had taught. Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat. So they sailed away privately to a solitary place.

or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return came back to Damascus.