Quotes about Solitude
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
- Psalm 102:7
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Psalm 142:4
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
- Proverbs 14:10
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 18:1
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:9
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
- Song of Solomon 3:1
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
- Isaiah 41:28
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
- Jeremiah 4:25
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
- Jeremiah 15:17
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
- Jeremiah 37:16
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
- Lamentations 3:28