32 Bible Verses about Slaves

Servants, be obedient unto your carnal masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ:

But if it be a servant or a maid that the ox hath gored, then he shall give unto their master the sum of thirty sicles, and the ox shall be stoned.

Did I ever think scorn to do right unto my servants and maidens, when they had any matter against me?

The servants exhort to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please in all things, not answering again,

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God, and his doctrine be not evil spoken of.

The disciple is not above his Master, nor yet the servant above his Lord.

Verily, verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his master; Neither the messenger greater than he that sent him.

Remember the saying, that I said unto you, 'The servant is not greater than the Lord.' If they have persecuted me, so will they persecute you. If they have kept my saying, so will they keep yours.

It is enough for the disciple to be as his Master is, and that the servant be as his Lord is. If they have called the Lord of the house Beelzebub: how much more shall they call them of his household so?

Who is it, if he had a servant a plowing, or feeding cattle, that would say unto him when he were come from the field, 'Go quickly and sit down to meat.' And would not rather say to him, 'Dress wherewith I may sup, and gird up thyself and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk: and afterward, eat thou, and drink thou?'

and whosoever will be chief, let him be your servant.

And whosoever will be chief, shall be servant unto all.

And I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth not from a servant; though he be lord of all,

Servants, be obedient unto your bodily masters in all things: not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart fearing God.

Ye masters do unto your servants that which is just and equal, seeing ye know that ye have also a master in heaven.

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he speak evil of thee also, and thou be hurt.

But if the priest buy any fowl with money he may eat of it, and he also that is born in his house may eat of his bread.

Servants have the rule of us, and no man delivereth us out of their hands.

For like as a bond servant desireth the shadow, and as a hireling would fain have an end of his work:

through a servant that beareth rule, through a fool that hath great riches,

I see servants ride upon horses, and princes going upon their feet as it were servants.

Notwithstanding, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them, which by nature were no gods:

For he that is called in the Lord being a servant, is the Lord's freeman. Likewise he that is called being free, is Christ's servant.

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.

Henceforth, call I you not servants: For the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth. But you have I called friends: For all things that I have heard of my father, I have opened to you.

Wherefore now art thou not a servant, but a son. If thou be the son, thou art also the heir of God through Christ.

Art thou called a servant? Care not for it. Nevertheless if thou mayst be free, use it rather.