1 Corinthians 7:38
So then both the father who gives his virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
1 Corinthians 7:1-2
Now as to the matters of which you wrote: It is good (beneficial, advantageous) for a man not to touch a woman [outside marriage].
1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, [that as a practical matter] it is good if they remain [single and entirely devoted to the Lord]
1 Corinthians 7:26
I think then that because of the impending distress [that is, the pressure of the current trouble], it is good for a man to remain as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:32-34
But I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
1 Corinthians 7:37
But the man who stands firmly committed in his heart, having no compulsion [to yield to his daughter’s request], and has authority over his own will, and has decided in his own heart to keep his own virgin [daughter from being married], he will do well.