32 Bible Verses about Slaves

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Exhort'servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;

Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, a servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. 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 be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!

But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat; and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:

and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.

Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.

So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.