10 Bible Verses about Liberty
Most Relevant Verses
I would have you without care; the single man careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
Wherefore he saith, "He is gone up on high, and hath led captivity captive, and hath given gifts unto men."
which gave himself a ransom for all men, that it should be testified at his time;
and from Jesus Christ which is a faithful witness, and first begotten of the dead: and Lord over the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Now is there no Jew, neither gentile, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither man nor woman: but ye are all one thing in Christ Jesus.
and ye shall know the truth: And the truth shall make you free." They answered him, "We be Abraham's seed, and were never bond to any man: why sayest thou then, 'Ye shall be made free?'" Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily I say unto you, That whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.read more.
And the servant abideth not in the house forever: But the son abideth ever. If the son therefore shall make you free, then are ye free indeed.
There is, then, no damnation to them which are in Christ Jesus: which walk not after the flesh but after the spirit: For the law of the spirit, that bringeth life through Jesus Christ, hath delivered me from the law of sin, and death: For what the law could not do, inasmuch as it was weak because of the flesh - that performed God, and sent his son in the similitude of sinful flesh, and by sin damned sin in the flesh;
From Thematic Bible
Liberty » General references to civil
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabiters thereof. It shall be a year of horns blowing unto you and ye shall return: every man unto his possession and every man unto his kindred again.
For thou shalt break the yoke of the people's burden: the staff of his shoulder and the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Then shall his burden be taken from thy shoulders, and his yoke from thy neck, yea the same yoke shall be corrupt for very fatness."
The Assyrians shall be destroyed in my land, and upon my mountains will I tread them under foot. Wherethrough his yoke shall come from you, and his burden shall be taken from your shoulders.
These are the words that the LORD spake unto Jeremiah the prophet, when Zedekiah was agreed with all the people at Jerusalem, that there should be proclaimed a liberty:
Liberty » Figurative
That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness.
And remember that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, that shall he receive again of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Now is there no Jew, neither gentile, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither man nor woman: but ye are all one thing in Christ Jesus.
Where is neither gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarous or Scythian, bond or free: But Christ is all in all things.
For that day of vengeance that I have taken in hand, and the year of my deliverance, is come.
Liberty » Limitations of
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but all things edify not.
All things are lawful unto me: but all things are not profitable. I may do all things: but I will be brought under no man's power.
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all men, that I might win the more.
Liberty » The abuse of, warnings against
Brethren, ye were called into liberty, only let not your liberty be an occasion unto the flesh but in love serve one another.
as free, and not as having the liberty for a cloak of maliciousness: but even as the servants of God.
Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
The Lord no doubt is a spirit. And where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
and that because of incomers, being false brethren, which came in among others to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.
Liberty » Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabiters thereof. It shall be a year of horns blowing unto you and ye shall return: every man unto his possession and every man unto his kindred again.
These are the words that the LORD spake unto Jeremiah the prophet, when Zedekiah was agreed with all the people at Jerusalem, that there should be proclaimed a liberty:
As for you, ye were now turned, and did right before me, in that ye proclaimed, every man to let his neighbour go free, and in that ye made a covenant before me, in the temple that beareth my name. But yet ye have turned yourselves again, and blasphemed my name, in this: That every man hath required his servant and handmaid again, whom ye had letten go quit and free, and compelled them to serve you again, and to be your bondmen. And therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Ye have not obeyed me, every man to proclaim freedom unto his brother and neighbour: wherefore, I will call you unto a freedom, sayeth the LORD - even unto the sword, to the pestilence, and to hunger, and will make you to be plagued in all the kingdoms of the earth.
Liberty » Political
For in those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did what thought him best.
In those days there was no king in Israel: but every man did what seemed him right.
And the high captain answered, "With a great sum obtained I this freedom." And Paul said, "I was freeborn."
Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The spirit of the LORD God is with me, for the LORD hath anointed me, and sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor: that I might bind up the wounded hearts, that I might preach deliverance to the captive, and open the prison to them that are bound;
"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;
Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Ye are then made free from sin, and are become the servants of righteousness.
Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind; let out the prisoners, and them that sit in darkness, out of the dungeon house.
Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
For the very creatures shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.
Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the spirit, that bringeth life through Jesus Christ, hath delivered me from the law of sin, and death:
Spiritual » Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
The Lord no doubt is a spirit. And where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
and that because of incomers, being false brethren, which came in among others to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.
Spiritual » Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The spirit of the LORD God is with me, for the LORD hath anointed me, and sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor: that I might bind up the wounded hearts, that I might preach deliverance to the captive, and open the prison to them that are bound;
"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;
Spiritual » Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Ye are then made free from sin, and are become the servants of righteousness.
Spiritual » Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind; let out the prisoners, and them that sit in darkness, out of the dungeon house.
Spiritual » Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
For the very creatures shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.
Spiritual » Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the spirit, that bringeth life through Jesus Christ, hath delivered me from the law of sin, and death:
Topics on Liberty
Christian Liberty
Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and wrap not yourselves again in the yoke of bondage.
Christian Liberty Is Freedom From
Romans 7:6But now are we delivered from the law, and dead from that whereunto we were in bondage: that we should serve in a new conversation of the spirit, and not in the old conversation of the letter.
Civil Liberty
Leviticus 25:10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabiters thereof. It shall be a year of horns blowing unto you and ye shall return: every man unto his possession and every man unto his kindred again.