I think I can confidently say that most of us have known the deep, heart-wrenching feeling of loneliness. Personally, I’ve always been someone who was comfortable with being alone. As a big introvert, I valued my alone time to recharge, and even as a child, I had no problems playing alone or entertaining myself. But there is a significant difference between wanting to be alone and feeling like you have no one to turn to in your time of need.

I’ve felt that type of loneliness a few times throughout my life, from losing all of my friends after high school to family drama and disagreements, a season of singleness before meeting my husband, and times when I just felt like I didn’t fit in with my peers at school or work. Life can be filled with times of loneliness, especially as a Christian. Finding genuine and like-minded connections with others can be challenging and discouraging in today’s world.

So what are we to do when we are struggling with loneliness? For me, I always turned to God. He truly was the only one who never left my side, misunderstood, or rejected me. He understood the depths of my heart and feelings without me even having to explain them, and He was always working in the background to make a way out of the despair I was experiencing. His comfort, presence, and peace have always been a soothing remedy for my worldly woes.

Going to God’s Word and leaning into His truth and love is the only foolproof and lasting way to find true relief from our sorrows, so here are a few Scriptures that I pray will bring peace to your spirit and consolation in your current lonely season.

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For Loneliness From Lack of Friends

Psalm 25:14

“The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.”

John 15:15

“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”

For Loneliness From Singleness or Heartbreak 

Psalm 147:3

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

​​Psalm 34:18

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”

For Loneliness From Family Problems 

Psalms 68:5-6

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.”

Psalm 27:10

“For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.”

Mark 10:29–30

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.”

John 14:18

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

Isaiah 49:15

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!”

For Loneliness From Worldly Rejection or Not Fitting In 

​​1 Samuel 12:22

“For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.”

​​2 Timothy 4:16-18

“At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.”

Romans 8:31

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”

More Encouragement 

Psalm 73:23–26

“Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

2 Corinthians 1:3–5

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.”

Hebrews 4:15–16

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

Deuteronomy 31:6

“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Psalm 139:7-10

“Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.”

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