Scripture passages about God being near and the human need for close relationships.
21 Scripture Passage · Father’s Blessing Bible
Deuteronomy 31:8
The Lord Himself will go before you; He Himself will be with you, He will not leave you or forsake you; do not be afraid or terrified.
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Psalm 27:10
for my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will receive me.
Isaiah 41:10
do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Matthew 28:20
teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
Psalm 68:5–6
5 A father to the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy dwelling. 6 God sets the lonely in families; He leads prisoners out of captivity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Psalm 139:7–10
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit, or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I descend to the underworld, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the dawn and settle at the far side of the sea, 10 even there Your hand will guide me, and Your right hand will hold me fast.
John 14:18
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Psalm 25:16–18
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied; bring me out of my distresses, 18 look upon my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Romans 8:38–39
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor: 10 for if one falls, the other will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for there is no one to lift him up.
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Joshua 1:5
No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Isaiah 49:15–16
15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you. 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.
Psalm 73:23–26
23 Yet I am always with You; You hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And having You, I desire nothing on earth. 26 My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
John 16:32
Behold, the hour is coming, and has now come, when you will be scattered, each to his own way, and you will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
Psalm 102:6–7
6 I am like a pelican in the wilderness; I have become like an owl among the ruins. 7 I lie awake and am like a lonely bird on a housetop.
John 14:16–17
16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may remain with you forever, 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.
Psalm 142:4–5
4 I look to my right and see that no one acknowledges me; I have no refuge, and no one cares for my soul. 5 I cried out to You, Lord; I said, “You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.”
2 Timothy 4:16–17
16 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them! 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the Gospel might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
