Bible verses · Berean Standard Bible
Bible Verses About Loneliness
Read Scripture for loneliness after a death, without a companion, in old age, or when God seems silent, and his promise not to leave.
Each selection is one verse. Open the full chapter to read who is speaking and what surrounds it.
If loneliness has turned into thoughts of ending your life or harming yourself, contact emergency services or a crisis line now: in the US or Canada call or text 988; in the UK or Ireland call Samaritans on 116 123.
Psalm 68:6
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
In context: A song of praise describes God's care for people without a home or family.
Read the full chapter →Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
In context: The risen Jesus promises his presence as he sends the disciples to teach and baptize.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 139:7
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
In context: The psalmist reflects on the impossibility of escaping God's Spirit.
Read the full chapter →2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
In context: Paul recalls the Lord standing with him when human support had failed.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
In context: This psalm of David opens with "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?", the cry Jesus echoes from the cross.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
In context: In a prayer of David, loneliness is named plainly beside requests for guidance, forgiveness and protection.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 71:9
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
In context: A psalmist who has trusted God since youth asks not to be cast aside as old age weakens him.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 88:18
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
In context: Heman's lament, prayed day and night, ends on this line: loved ones taken away and darkness for company.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 142:4
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
In context: Titled a prayer of David from the cave, the psalm finds no one at his side before calling God his refuge.
Read the full chapter →Ecclesiastes 4:10
For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
In context: Having watched a man toil all alone without son or brother, the Teacher counts a companion who lifts you up as gain.
Read the full chapter →1 Timothy 5:5
The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
In context: Paul tells Timothy how the church should care for widows, picturing one left all alone who keeps praying night and day.
Read the full chapter →Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
In context: Urging contentment, the letter repeats God's promise, given through Moses and to Joshua, never to leave or forsake his people.
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