320 Bible Verses about Slavery
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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1 Corinthians 7:22 NIV
For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.
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Galatians 4:7 NIV
So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
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Philemon 1:1 NIV
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker —
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Deuteronomy 15:15 NIV
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.
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Mark 10:42-45 NIV
42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 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.”
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James 1:27 NIV
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
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Romans 6:1 NIV
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
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1 Corinthians 9:19 NIV
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
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Leviticus 25:39-42 NIV
39 “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves. 40 They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors. 42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.
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