45 Bible Verses about Being Single

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

and is divided.'so also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any wither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

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

And not a hair of your head shall perish.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.