11 Bible Verses about Unmarried

Now, concerning the virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as having received mercy from the Lord to be faithful. I think, therefore, that this is good on account of the impending distress; namely, that it is good for a man to be thus. Have you become bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Have you been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.read more.
But, even if you marry, you did not sin; and, if a virgin marry, she did not sin. Yet such will have tribulation in the flesh; and I am sparing you. But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none; and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not; and those who use the world, as not using it to the full; for the fashion of this world is passing away. But I wish you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he that is married is anxious for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and has become divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that is married is anxious for the things of the world, that she may please her husband. And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for that which is seemly, and compatible with constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.

But I wish you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

and has become divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that is married is anxious for the things of the world, that she may please her husband.

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

Have you become bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Have you been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

But he who has been standing steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has authority respecting his own will, and has determined this in his own heart, that he will keep his own virgin daughter, will do well.

And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I know not a man?"

The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus saith to her, "Well did you say, 'I have no husband;'

but if she even depart, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her husband; and that the husband leave not his wife.

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those who believe and have full knowledge of the truth.