32 Bible Verses about Slaves

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

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.

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

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

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.

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

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.

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.

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!

“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’?

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

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

Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,

Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

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.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather do that.