Bible Verses About Christians Being Single
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for christians being single, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 350 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 Christians Being Single
1 Corinthians 7:1-4044 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Genesis 2:1824 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.
Proverbs 18:2216 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Mark 12:2516 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.
Genesis 24:1-6710 votes
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis 32:2810 votes
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Exodus 12:34-3810 votes
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
Numbers 5:1-6:2710 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 11:1-3510 votes
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
Numbers 16:2610 votes
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
Deuteronomy 24:1-2210 votes
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
1 Samuel 1:10-2:1010 votes
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
1 Samuel 13:12-1410 votes
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
2 Samuel 1:2610 votes
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Ezra 8:21-2310 votes
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Esther 2:7-7:310 votes
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Proverbs 19:1410 votes
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 3:1310 votes
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Song of Songs 3:510 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.
Jeremiah 8:10-1910 votes
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Ezekiel 12:2410 votes
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 14:16-1710 votes
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
Ezekiel 24:1410 votes
I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.
Matthew 21:2210 votes
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Luke 14:18-2010 votes
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
What does the Bible say about christians being single?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 on the subject of christians being single. Across 350 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:18, Proverbs 18:22, Mark 12:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.