54 Bible Verses about slavery

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as'servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.

For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.

And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born'slave ? why is he become a prey?

Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:

and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

Howbeit the'son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the'son by the freewoman is born through promise.

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.