100+ Bible Quotes About Slavery: Powerful Scriptures and Reflections

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." – Mark 10:45

"Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves." – Romans 12:10

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves." – Philippians 2:3

"Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." – Philippians 2:4

"Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant." – Matthew 20:26

"A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone." – 2 Timothy 2:24

"Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble." – 1 Peter 5:5

"Jesus washed their feet, he said, 'I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.'" – John 13:15

"The greatest among you will be your servant." – Matthew 23:11

"Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people." – Ephesians 6:7

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord." – Colossians 3:23

"By serving one another humbly in love, fulfill the law of Christ." – Galatians 5:13

"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ." – Ephesians 6:5

"Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters." – 1 Peter 2:18

"Obey your masters in everything; not only when their eye is on you, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord." – Colossians 3:22

"Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh." – 1 Peter 2:18 (KJV)

"Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor." – 1 Timothy 6:1

"Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers." – 1 Timothy 6:2

"Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven." – Colossians 4:1

"They must serve with goodwill, as to the Lord, and not with eye-service, as people-pleasers." – Ephesians 6:6

"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus." – Colossians 3:17

"Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison." – Hebrews 13:3

"Submit yourselves to every authority instituted among men for the Lord’s sake." – 1 Peter 2:13

"Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them." – Titus 2:9

"Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven." – Colossians 4:1

"Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court." – Proverbs 22:22

"You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy." – Deuteronomy 24:14

"Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed." – Isaiah 1:17

"He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you." – Deuteronomy 10:18

"Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his countrymen work for nothing." – Jeremiah 22:13

"The wages of a hired worker must not remain overnight until morning." – Leviticus 19:13

"You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless." – Deuteronomy 24:17

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves." – Proverbs 31:8

"Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter?" – Isaiah 58:7

"Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed." – Psalm 82:3

"Beware lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery." – Deuteronomy 6:12

"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." – Exodus 20:2

"The Lord said, 'I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers." – Exodus 3:7

"Then Moses said to the people, 'Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." – Exodus 13:3

"The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help rose up to God." – Exodus 2:23

"So God said, 'I have surely seen the oppression of my people who are in Egypt.'" – Exodus 3:9

"The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm." – Deuteronomy 26:8

"You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God." – Leviticus 25:43

"If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves." – Leviticus 25:39

"At the end of six years, let him go free from your service." – Exodus 21:2

"You shall not steal." – Exodus 20:15

"Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow." – Deuteronomy 27:19

"He led his people out with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of gladness." – Psalm 105:43

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." – Galatians 5:1

"Everyone who sins is a slave to sin." – John 8:34

"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." – John 8:36

"For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." – Galatians 5:1 (ESV)

"You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings." – 1 Corinthians 7:23

"But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart." – Romans 6:17

"For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." – Romans 8:2

"Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil." – 1 Peter 2:16

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." – 2 Corinthians 3:17

"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free." – Galatians 5:13

"Sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace." – Romans 6:14

"But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness." – Romans 6:22

"Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin." – John 8:34

"For when you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness." – Romans 6:20

"They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity." – 2 Peter 2:19

"Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to doing evil." – Jeremiah 13:23

"You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord." – Ephesians 5:8

"Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry." – Colossians 3:5

"Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness." – Romans 6:13

"Follow the pattern of sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus." – 2 Timothy 1:13

"We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands." – 1 John 2:3

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" – 2 Corinthians 5:17

"You cannot serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other." – Matthew 6:24

"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." – Colossians 3:2

"For the redemption of their life is costly, and can never suffice." – Psalm 49:8

"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness." – 1 Peter 2:24

"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace." – Ephesians 1:7

"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us." – Galatians 3:13

"You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies." – 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

"Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." – Matthew 20:28

"Redemption means that believers are freed from sin's penalty through Christ's sacrifice." – Romans 3:24

"In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." – Colossians 1:14

"The Lord redeems the soul of his servants; none of those who trust in him shall be condemned." – Psalm 34:22

"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son." – Colossians 1:13

"You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ." – 1 Peter 1:18–19

"All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation." – 2 Corinthians 5:18

"Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven." – Colossians 4:1

"Stop threatening them, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven." – Ephesians 6:9

"Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants?" – Luke 12:42

"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded." – Luke 12:48

"Show true kindness and compassion to each other." – Zechariah 7:9

"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God." – Proverbs 14:31

"Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court." – Proverbs 22:22

"Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." – Proverbs 31:9

"You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy." – Deuteronomy 24:14

"The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it." – Psalm 24:1

"Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor." – Ephesians 4:25

"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." – Galatians 6:2

"Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you." – Leviticus 25:10

"In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their family property." – Leviticus 25:13

"The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers." – Leviticus 25:23

"If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves." – Leviticus 25:39

"Return every man to his possession, and every man to his family." – Leviticus 25:10

"You shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants." – Leviticus 25:10

"The Year of Jubilee shall be holy for you; you shall eat what it produces from the fields." – Leviticus 25:12

"On the Day of Atonement you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land." – Leviticus 25:9

"If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells themselves to the foreigner." – Leviticus 25:47

"They are to be treated as temporary residents among you; they must not be ruled over ruthlessly." – Leviticus 25:52

"Repay them only the amount due for the years since the Jubilee." – Leviticus 25:50

"At the Jubilee they shall be released and go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors." – Leviticus 25:41

"Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth." – Revelation 14:6

"The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries." – Revelation 17:2

"Release the oppressed, break every yoke." – Isaiah 58:6

"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor." – Isaiah 61:1

"To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn." – Isaiah 61:2

"Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring." – Revelation 12:17

"And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, 'Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God.'" – Revelation 12:10

"There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." – Revelation 21:4

"No longer will there be any curse." – Revelation 22:3

"The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice." – Psalm 97:1

"He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners." – Isaiah 61:1

"But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire." – 2 Peter 3:10