45 Bible Verses about Being Single

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

There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:

But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

But concerning the things of which ye have written to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman;

But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:

But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife.

For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.

But to the married I enjoin, not I, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all their days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.

And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.

But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that I also have God's Spirit.

But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;

The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.

and they shall be joined beneath, and together shall be united at the top thereof to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,

I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that it is good for a man to remain so as he is.

But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what is seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.

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

And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

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

God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, and 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 all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;

but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband.

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.

according as it is written, There is not a righteous man, not even one;

It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable 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 beast of the field multiply against thee.