Bible Verses About Unmarried
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unmarried, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 570 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 Unmarried
1 Corinthians 7:1-4055 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:841 votes
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:239 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Hebrews 13:430 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew 6:3327 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Genesis 2:2424 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:3224 votes
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
Matthew 5:3223 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 19:922 votes
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:1520 votes
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
1 Corinthians 7:1118 votes
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:2718 votes
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Genesis 2:1817 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.
1 Corinthians 7:2616 votes
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
Isaiah 54:514 votes
For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Matthew 19:4-614 votes
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
1 Corinthians 6:1814 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Proverbs 3:5-613 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
1 Corinthians 7:32-3512 votes
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
1 Timothy 3:412 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
James 1:512 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Psalms 16:511 votes
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Jeremiah 29:1111 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Acts 2:1-4711 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
1 Corinthians 7:3411 votes
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
What does the Bible say about unmarried?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 on the subject of unmarried. Across 570 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:2, Hebrews 13:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.