45 Bible Verses about Being Single

But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.

and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

“The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.

But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband

The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

But in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.

A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete to its top to the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.

for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,

I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

“A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;

But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

But He said to them, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.

“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look now and take note.
And seek in her open squares,
If you can find a man,
If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth,
Then I will pardon her.

as it is written,
“There is none righteous, not even one;

It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.