10 Bible Verses about Captivity, Metaphorically

"In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave

"For I perceive that you still stand in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of unrighteousness."

and they may come to their senses again, and escape the snare of the devil, as they are restored to life by God to do his will.

They promise them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of rottenness! (For indeed a man is the slave of anything which masters him.)

For I pull down imaginations and every crag that lifts itself against the knowledge of God. And I carry every thought away into captivity and subjection to Christ;

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to the prisoners, And recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those that are bruised,

"So then, if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed.

Yet there were false brethren who had crept in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us again. To them we did not yield submission even for an hour, in order that the truth of the gospel might abide unshaken among you.

stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.

Thus it is said, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men.