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Want to know what the Bible says about Slavery? Here are 320 Bible verses about Slavery from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 8:1 NIV
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
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Proverbs 22:2 NIV
Rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord is the Maker of them all.
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Isaiah 58:2 NIV
For day after day they seek me out;
    they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
    and has not forsaken the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
    and seem eager for God to come near them.
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Leviticus 25:47-49 NIV
47 “‘If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan, 48 they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them: 49 An uncle or a cousin or any blood relative in their clan may redeem them. Or if they prosper, they may redeem themselves.
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Isaiah 61:1 NIV
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,
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Deuteronomy 21:14 NIV
If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
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Exodus 21:24 NIV
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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Exodus 21:5 NIV
“But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’
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Romans 6:18 NIV
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
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Deuteronomy 20:10-11 NIV
10 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. 11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you.
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