Bible Verses About Being Single
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being single, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 25,575 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:1-40. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Single
1 Corinthians 7:1-402,076 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Genesis 2:18636 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Song of Songs 3:5549 votes
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Isaiah 41:10505 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Hosea 2:19-20411 votes
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Mark 12:25386 votes
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
Isaiah 56:4-5321 votes
For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Psalms 37:4309 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
1 John 3:22-5:14288 votes
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Isaiah 34:16252 votes
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Acts 21:9252 votes
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
1 Corinthians 2:9252 votes
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Isaiah 39:7-46:10244 votes
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Psalms 119:9-40236 votes
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
1 Peter 5:2236 votes
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
John 14:8-16:24200 votes
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John 6:26-68199 votes
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Psalms 73:25-26192 votes
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Psalms 84:10-11192 votes
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:24-25184 votes
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Proverbs 6:25-34176 votes
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 14:26-35176 votes
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Luke 19:26-21:34158 votes
For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
1 Timothy 4:3-16158 votes
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Matthew 19:29-20:28157 votes
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about being single?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 on the subject of being single. Across 25,575 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:18, Song of Songs 3:5, Isaiah 41:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.