Quotes about Isolation
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
— Psalm 102:6
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
All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
— Proverbs 19:7
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
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
— Isaiah 5:8
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
— Isaiah 24:10
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
— Isaiah 26:20
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
— Isaiah 29:3
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
— Isaiah 30:17