45 Bible Verses about Being Single

I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

I wish that all people were just like me. But each has his own gift from God, one person in this way and another in that way.

But if they do not have self-control, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

And I say this, brothers: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,

I want you to be without concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”

Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

Can any of you add a cubit to his height by worrying?

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

However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband—and a husband is not to leave his wife.

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

I command the married—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to leave her husband.

His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”

I will give them one heart and one way so that for their good and for the good of their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement.”

But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

About virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

No widow should be placed on the official support list unless she is at least 60 years old, has been the wife of one husband,

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal.

Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also full of darkness.

They are to be paired at the bottom, and joined together at the top in a single ring. So it should be for both of them; they will serve as the two corners.

for in a single hour
such fabulous wealth was destroyed!

And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

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

but not a hair of your head will be lost.

For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.

If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with a wife, his wife is to leave with him.

The 12 gates are 12 pearls; each individual gate was made of a single pearl. The broad street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.

“One witness cannot establish any wrongdoing or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

But because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to.

Roam through the streets of Jerusalem.
Look and take note;
search in her squares.
If you find one person,
any who acts justly,
who seeks to be faithful,
then I will forgive her.

as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

There is certainly no righteous man on the earth
who does good and never sins.

I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.