Bible Verses for When You Feel Alone: One a Day
You can feel alone in an empty house, and you can feel alone in a full one. Loneliness is less about who is in the room and more about who knows you.
If you feel alone today, this page is for you. It gives you one verse a day. One is enough.
Today's verse for a lonely heart
“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.”
One verse shows here each day. Come back tomorrow for the next one.
What does the Bible say about feeling alone?
The Bible takes loneliness seriously. David called himself desolate. Elijah thought he was the only one left. Jesus was left alone by his friends on the hardest night of his life.
The promise repeated more than any other in Scripture is a promise of company: I am with you. I will not leave you.
What lonely looks like now
Loneliness does not always look like an empty room. Often it looks like a busy woman nobody checks on.
- It looks like a phone that stays quiet all weekend.
- It looks like eating dinner standing at the counter.
- It looks like being the one who always reaches out first, and wondering what would happen if you stopped.
- It looks like sitting in a pew full of people and feeling unseen.
- It looks like a house that got very quiet when the last child moved out.
If you saw yourself in one of those, nothing is wrong with you. You were made to be known.
Every week one woman shares the verse that carried her through. Read the stories.
A short prayer for the lonely
Lord, I feel alone today. Remind me that you are with me in this. Turn toward me, and bring someone across my path who needs company as much as I do. Amen.
One small thing to do today
Write today's verse where you will see it. Then send one message today to one person, even a short one.
What is the best Bible verse for loneliness?
Many women start with Deuteronomy 31:6, which promises that God goes with you and “will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
Does God understand loneliness?
Yes. Jesus was left alone by his friends, and he said, “yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me” (John 16:32).
What can I pray when I feel alone?
You can pray what David prayed in Psalm 25:16: “Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.”