Loneliness
experienceThe experience of isolation and abandonment — and God's promise to be present in it.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
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Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”Isaiah 41:10 →
“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”Matthew 16:18 →
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”Romans 12:1 →
“Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”Nehemiah 8:10 →
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Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“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.”
Read in context →“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
Read in context →“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Read in context →“The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.”
Read in context →“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.”
Read in context →“I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.”
Read in context →“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.”
Read 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.”
Read in context →“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Read in context →“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,”
Read in context →“That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:”
Read in context →“Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.”
Read in context →“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Read in context →“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;”
Read in context →“And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”
Read in context →“And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Read in context →“Teaching 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.”
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