54 Bible Verses about slavery

Slaves, be obedient to those that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto the Christ,

Or know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves slaves to obey, his slaves ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death or of the obedience unto righteousness?

therefore, thou art no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

For being previously the slaves of sin, now ye have been made the slaves of righteousness.

For he that is called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freeman; likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's slave.

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again in ships by the way of which I spoke unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for menslaves and womenslaves, and there shall be no one to buy you.

Here there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and humane, but also to the unjust.

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

and freed from sin, ye are become the slaves of righteousness.

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him forever.

And God spoke thus, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into slavery and mistreat them four hundred years.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God ransomed thee; therefore, I command thee this thing to day.

For ye have not received the spirit of slavery to be in fear again, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Both thy menslaves and thy maidslaves, which thou shalt have, shall be of the Gentiles that are round about you; of them shall ye buy slaves.

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

And if a man smites his slave or his maid with a rod and he dies under his hand, he shall be surely punished.

Now I say That the heir, as long as he is a child differs in nothing from a slave, though he be lord of all,

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the slave of sin.

Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn slave? Why has he been given over as a prey?

Art thou called being a slave? care not for it; but if thou may be made free, use it rather.

Even so we, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements of the world,

And the slave does not abide in the house for ever, but the Son abides for ever.

And, ye masters, do the same unto them, forbearing threats, knowing that their Master and yours is also in the heavens and that he is no respecter of persons.

For we were slaves; yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage, but has extended mercy over us before the king of Persia, that we may be given life to lift up the house of our God and to cause the desolations thereof to be restored and to give us a wall of protection in Judah and in Jerusalem.

knowing that whatever good thing anyone does, the same shall they receive of the Lord, whether they are slaves or free.

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the slave who is escaped from his master unto thee.

and deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to slavery.

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

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

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be unto his brethren.

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

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery.

And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD has brought you out of here with a strong hand; therefore, ye shall not eat with leaven.

For a slave when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with bread;

But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, but he of the freewoman was born through the promise.

I AM your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk with your faces uplifted.

promising them liberty, being they themselves the slaves of corruption: for he who is overcome by someone is subject to bondage by the one that overcame him.

then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

For this Hagar or Sinai is a mount in Arabia, which corresponds to the one that is now Jerusalem, which together with her children is in slavery.

Is this not what we told thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.

as being free, yet not using your liberty to cover maliciousness, but as slaves of God.

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha, saying, Thy slave, my husband, is dead; and thou knowest that thy slave feared the LORD; and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his slaves.

Masters, do that which is just and right with your slaves, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

And ye shall possess them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit as a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren, the sons of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigor.

He that gives freely unto his slave from a child shall have him become his son in the end.

Does he thank that slave because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.

but I keep my body under, and bring it into subjection, lest preaching to others, I myself should become reprobate.

And if the slave shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free.

I saw slaves upon horses, and princes walking as slaves upon the earth.