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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Psalm 118:5 NIV
When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord;
he brought me into a spacious place.
he brought me into a spacious place.
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Ephesians 6:8-10 NIV
8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
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Exodus 21:17 NIV
“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
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Genesis 15:13 NIV
Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.
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Galatians 2:4 NIV
This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
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Titus 3:3 NIV
At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
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John 8:35 NIV
Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
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Galatians 3:2 NIV
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?
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Hebrews 2:15 NIV
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
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Exodus 12:51 NIV
And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
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