Quotes about Solitude
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
- Zephaniah 2:15
“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
- Zephaniah 3:6
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- Matthew 6:6
When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
- Matthew 14:13
After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
- Matthew 14:23
Look, your house is left to you desolate.
- Matthew 23:38
At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,
- Mark 1:12
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
- Mark 1:35
But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
- Mark 1:45
And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
- Mark 6:31
So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
- Mark 6:32
When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on land.
- Mark 6:47