Ten hand-picked King James Version passages that answer loneliness — a God who never leaves, a shepherd who gathers the solitary, and a presence that no distance can undo. Every verse is fully quoted, linked to its permanent page, and free to share.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].
God’s first recorded answer to isolation: he "setteth the solitary in families" — belonging is his project.
Read Psalms 68:6 in context[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
The promise is double and absolute: "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" — quoted from the law, repeated in the new covenant.
Read Hebrews 13:5 in contextAnd the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
Moses to Joshua before the people: "he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee".
Read Deuteronomy 31:8 in contextWhen my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
Even the worst human abandonment has an answer: "then the LORD will take me up".
Read Psalms 27:10 in contextTeaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
The last words of Matthew’s gospel: a presence promised to the very "end of the world".
Read Matthew 28:20 in contextWhither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
A question with an obvious answer: there is no point from which God’s presence is absent.
Read Psalms 139:7 in contextI will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jesus promises not to leave his own "comfortless" — the Greek word is "orphans", the deepest form of alone.
Read John 14:18 in contextFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Paul’s conviction that nothing in creation — including isolation — can separate us from God’s love.
Read Romans 8:38 in contextTurn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.
David names his state honestly — "desolate and afflicted" — and prays for turning and mercy.
Read Psalms 25:16 in contextWhen thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Passing through waters and rivers: presence promised in the crossing, not just on the far bank.
Read Isaiah 43:2 in contextThe Bible takes isolation seriously — David prays from it (Psalm 25:16) and Jesus promises not to leave his own "comfortless" (John 14:18). The recurring answer is presence: "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Hebrews 13:5), and a God who "setteth the solitary in families" (Psalm 68:6).
The King James Version (1769), which is in the public domain in the United States. Rights may differ outside the U.S.
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Neither. Each verse was hand-picked for the lonely state of mind, and every passage is a full KJV verse with its context one click away.