4 Bible Verses about Unmarried People

Most Relevant Verses

Matthew 19:9-12

And I say to you, That whoever should loose his wife, except for fornication, and marry another, commits adultery; and he having married the one loosed commits adultery. His disciples say to him, If the cause of a man is so with the woman, it is not profitable to marry. And he said to them, All have not room for this word, but to whom it is given.read more.
For there are eunuchs, who were born so from the mother's belly: and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of the heavens. He being able to receive, let him receive.

1 Corinthians 7:6-9

And this I say according to indulgence, not according to order. For I will all men to be as also myself. But each has his own favor of God, the one truly thus, and the other thus. And I say to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain also as I.read more.
And if they have not self command, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to be set on fire.

1 Corinthians 7:32-35

But I will you to be free from care. The unmarried cares for things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord: And he married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife. The wife and virgin have been divided. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she might be holy also in body and spirit: and she married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.read more.
And this I say for the advantage of yourselves; not that I shall cast a net upon you, but for the becoming, and occupied assiduously for the Lord without being turned away.

1 Timothy 5:9-14

Let not a widow be chosen less than sixty years, having been wife of one man, Testified of in good works; if she have brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she washed the feet of the holy, if she relieved the pressed, if she followed every good work. And the younger widows reject: for when they conduct themselves arrogantly against Christ, they wish to marry:read more.
Having judgment, for they put away the first faith. And at the same time also they learn to be idle, going round about the houses; and not only idle, but also indulging in idle talk, and occupied with unnecessary things, speaking things not becoming. I wish therefore the younger to marry, to bear children, to rule the house, to give no occasion to him opposing for reproach.

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