11 Bible Verses about Unmarried

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I offer my opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful. I think then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that it is proper for a man to be thus. Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.read more.
But if thou shouldst marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned; though such will have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you. Now this I say, brethren, that the time is short. The conclusion is, that even they who have wives, should be as though they had not; and they who weep as though they wept not; and they who rejoice as though they rejoiced not; and they that purchase as though they possessed not; and they who use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord: but he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall please his wife. A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please her husband. Now I say this for your own advantage, and not that I should lay a snare in your way, but as what is seemly, and that you may wait on the Lord without distraction.

But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord:

A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.

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

But he that is stedfast in his heart, not having any necessity, but retaineth power over his own inclination, and hath determined this in his heart that he will preserve his own virgin state, doeth well.

And Mary said, How shall this be, seeing I know not man?

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus saith to her, Thou hast spoken right, that thou hast no husband:

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

prohibiting marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and those who acknowledge the truth.