45 Bible Verses about Being Single

I say, therefore, to the unmarried men and widowers, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

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

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one after this manner and another after that.

But if they do not have the gift of continence, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.

But this I say, brothers, the time is short; for the rest, let those that have wives be as though they had none;

But I would have you without worry. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

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

Now concerning the things of which ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

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

And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

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

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have affliction in the flesh, but I forbear you.

and if she separates, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband, and let not the husband put away his wife.

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

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife separate from her husband;

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be 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 sons after them:

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

But she shall be more blessed if she so abides, after my counsel, and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, yet I give my advice, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Let a widow be placed on the list being not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb; and there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same charity, unanimous, minding the one thing.

The lamp of the body is the eye; therefore when thine eye is sincere, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

and they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring; thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster and all the company in ships and sailors and as many as trade by sea stood afar off

I hold, therefore, this to be good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to be thus:

And this I speak for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is honourable and that ye may attend upon the Lord without impediment.

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:

But not a hair of your head shall perish.

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

If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was married, then his wife shall go out with him.

And the twelve gates are twelve pearls; in each one, one; each gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as shining glass.

God sets the solitary in families; he brings out those who are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

One witness shall not be valid against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin which he should commit. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

And finally, be ye all of one consent, of one affection, loving each other fraternally, merciful, courteous,

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But he said unto them, Everyone cannot receive this word, except those unto whom it is given.

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem and see now and find out and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that execute judgment, that seek the truth; and I will pardon the city.

as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one;

It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.

For surely there is not a just man upon earth that in doing good does not sin.

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.