Bible Verses about “nuns”
The Bible contains 13 verses about nuns across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
“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:”
“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.”
“But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.”
“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.”
“¶ But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.”
“But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.”
“But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”
“The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”
“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate [themselves] to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate [themselves] unto the LORD:”
“¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”
“And he said unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,›”
“‹Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.›”