14 Bible Verses about Being Forsaken

For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
But the Lord will take me up.

So I reprimanded the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts.

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread.

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.

Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?
Has His promise come to an end forever?

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

“For a brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will gather you.

“For these things I weep;
My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.

We have become orphans without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.

At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.

“For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me,
The fountain of living waters,
To hew for themselves cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.