11 Bible Verses about Unmarried

I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence. I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.read more.
Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldly affairs, and I wish to spare you. Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none, let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away. So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's business, how he may please the Lord; but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind. Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord's business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband. It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service.

So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's business, how he may please the Lord;

Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord's business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.

But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well.

And Mary said to the angel. "How can this be? For I have no husband?"

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" Jesus said to her,

(or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.

who discourage marriage, and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thankfulness, by those who believe, and have a clear knowledge of the truth.