13 Bible Verses about Unmarried

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy. I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.read more.
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you. But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess; and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away. But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world -- how she may please her husband. This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

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

If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,'

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.