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12 Bible verses about Singleness KJV
Paul was single and wrote about it without treating it as a waiting room. These verses cover undivided devotion, contentment in whatever state, and the fact that scripture's picture of a full life never required a spouse.
Also called Being Single · Singles · Waiting for a Spouse · Unmarried
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1 Corinthians 7:7-8 · KJV
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:32-35 · KJV
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: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 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. And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Isaiah 54:5 · KJV
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.
Psalm 37:4 · KJV
Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Matthew 6:33 · KJV
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Jeremiah 29:11 · KJV
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.
Psalm 27:14 · KJV
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Isaiah 62:5 · KJV
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Philippians 4:11 · KJV
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Psalm 73:25-26 · KJV
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 · KJV
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Lamentations 3:25-26 · KJV
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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