'Unmarried' in the Bible
surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!"
Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.
To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.
(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.