45 Bible Verses about Being Single

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.

(but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband

The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."

Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

Now concerning the betrothed,I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it."

complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.

they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners.

For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste."And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off

I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.

I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

But not a hair of your head will perish.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

"A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

But he said to them, "Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.

as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.