31 Bible Verses about lonliness

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.

I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.

Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.

But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.

See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.

Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.

And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;