32 Bible Verses about Slaves

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Exodus 21:32

If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Job 31:13

“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

Titus 2:9

Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

1 Timothy 6:1

All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against.

John 13:16

Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

Luke 17:7-8

“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down to eat’? But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

Matthew 20:27

and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;

Mark 10:44

and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

Proverbs 30:10

Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

Leviticus 22:11

But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

Lamentations 5:8

Slaves rule over us;
There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

Job 7:2

“As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

Proverbs 30:22

Under a slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

Ecclesiastes 10:7

I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave.

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Genesis 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.

Genesis 37:28

Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.

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