32 Bible Verses about Slaves

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,

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

"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,

Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

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

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

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

"Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'?

and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,

and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,

Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

but if a priest buys a slave as his property for money, the slave may eat of it, and anyone born in his house may eat of his food.

Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.

Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,

a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;

I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servantdoes not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

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

Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)