8 Bible Verses about Bondage, Spiritual

but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.

His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him.

Thus says the Lord,
“Where is the certificate of divorce
By which I have sent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you?
Behold, you were sold for your iniquities,
And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

For thus says the Lord, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money.”

For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.

and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,

And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously; and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.

"I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations, To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.