45 Bible Verses about Being Single

I say to those who are unmarried, especially to widows: It is good for them to remain like me.

and so his attention is divided.

I would like everyone to be unmarried, like I am. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that.

However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

This is what I mean, brothers: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

I want you to be free from concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord.

But a married man is concerned about things of this world, that is, about how he can please his wife,

Now about what you asked: "Is it advisable for a man not to marry?"

Can any of you add a single hour to the length of your life by worrying?

"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying?

Have you become committed to a wife? Stop trying to get released from your commitment. Have you been freed from your commitment to a wife? Stop looking for one.

But if you do get married, you have not sinned. And if a virgin gets married, she has not sinned. However, these people will experience trouble in this life, and I want to spare you from that.

But if she does leave him, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. Likewise, a husband must not abandon his wife.

For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, form a single body, so it is with the Messiah.

To married people I give this command (not really I, but the Lord): A wife must not leave her husband.

His disciples asked him, "If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!"

I'll give them one heart and one lifestyle so they'll fear me always for their own good and for the good of their descendants after them.

Later, the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the woman to be an authority corresponding to him."

However, in my opinion she will be happier if she stays as she is. And in saying this, I think that I, too, have God's Spirit.

Now concerning virgins, although I do not have any command from the Lord, I will give you my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.

because some men are celibate from birth, while some are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom from heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."

then fill me with joy by having the same attitude, sharing the same love, being united in spirit, and keeping one purpose in mind.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it's evil, your body is full of darkness.

They shall be interlocked together at the bottom and connected on top by one ring. Do this for the two of them, and they are to be the two corners.

because all this wealth has been destroyed in a single hour!"

In view of the present crisis, I think it is prudent for a man to stay as he is.

An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, that is, about how she can please her husband. I'm saying this for your benefit, not to put a noose around your necks, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.

then I'll give them a united heart, placing a new spirit within them. I'll remove their stubborn heart and give them a heart that's sensitive to me.

And yet not a hair on your head will be lost.

For the whole Law is summarized in a single statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

If he came in by himself, he is to go out by himself. If he was married, his wife is to go out with him.

The twelve gates were twelve pearls, and each gate was made of a single pearl. The street of the city was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.

God causes the lonely to dwell in families. He leads prisoners into prosperity, but rebels live on parched land.

"The testimony of one person alone is not to suffice to convict anyone of any iniquity, sin, or guilt. But the matter will stand on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Finally, all of you must live in harmony, be sympathetic, love as brothers, and be compassionate and humble.

Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.

"Not everyone can accept this saying," he replied, "except those to whom celibacy has been granted,

"Wander through the streets of Jerusalem. Look and investigate; search through her squares and see whether you find anyone even one person there doing justice and seeking truth. Then I'll forgive them.

As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous.

It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

For there is not a single righteous man on earth who practices good and does not sin.

I won't drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate and so that wild animals do not overrun you.