2 Peter 2:19
Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.
John 8:34
Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity to gratify your flesh, but through love make it your habit to serve one another.
Isaiah 28:1
How terrible it will be for that arrogant garland the drunks of Ephraim! How terrible it will be for that fading flower of his glorious beauty, which sits on the heads of people bloated with food, of people overcome with wine!
Jeremiah 23:9
Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones shake. I'm like a drunk man, like a person overcome with wine, because of the LORD, and because of his holy words.
Romans 6:12-14
Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
Romans 6:16-22
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Galatians 5:1
The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.
2 Timothy 2:26
so that they might escape from the Devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.
Titus 3:3
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
1 Peter 2:16
Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants.
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one.