10 Bible Verses about Captivity, Metaphorically

Jesus answered, "I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

For I see that you are a bitter poison and a bundle of iniquity!"

and they may yet return to their senses and escape from the toils of the devil, who has caught them to make them do his will.

promising them freedom when they are themselves slaves of destruction; for a man is the slave of whatever overcomes him.

I destroy arguments and every obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, and I take captive every thought and make it obey Christ,

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor, He has sent me to announce to the prisoners their release and to the blind the recovery of their sight, To set the down-trodden at liberty,

So if the Son sets you free you will be really free.

to gratify the false brothers who had been smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy upon the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, so as to reduce us to slavery again. But we did not submit to them for a moment, in order that the truth of the good news might remain yours.

This is the freedom with which Christ has freed us. So stand firm in it, and do not get under a yoke of slavery again.

So it says, "When he went up on high, he led a host of captives, And gave gifts to mankind."