Quotes about Isolation
All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
— Job 19:19
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
— Job 24:16
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
— Job 28:4
They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
— Job 30:5
They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
— Job 30:7
They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
— Job 30:10
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
— Job 30:29
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
— Job 31:34
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
— Psalm 22:6
I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
— Psalm 22:17
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
— Psalm 31:11
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
— Psalm 31:22