Bible Verses About Solitude

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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.

He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.