Bible Verses about 'Slave'

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• Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.”
  John 8:34 addiction sin slavery
• The rich rule over the poor,
  and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
  Proverbs 22:7 money debt slavery
• There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
  Galatians 3:28 Jesus community understanding
• It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave.
  Matthew 20:26-27 humility serving neighbor
• You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
  Exodus 20:17 greed materialism law
• Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
  Deuteronomy 5:15 sabbath slavery
• Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.
  Deuteronomy 5:12-14 sabbath rest
• His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’
  Matthew 25:21 reliability reward blessing
• The hand of the diligent will rule,
  while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
  Proverbs 12:24 reward work slavery
• No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
  Matthew 6:24 serving money debt
• This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the righteous but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who engage in illicit sex, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11 law sin sexuality
• Who, though he existed in the form of God,
  did not regard equality with God
  as something to be grasped,
  but emptied himself,
  taking the form of a slave,
  assuming human likeness.
  And being found in appearance as a human,
  he humbled himself
  and became obedient to the point of death—
  even death on a cross.
  Philippians 2:6-8 Savior obedience Jesus
• Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
  Exodus 20:8-11 sabbath
• Very truly, I tell you, slaves are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them.
  John 13:16 serving humility slavery
• But I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.
  1 Corinthians 9:27 self-control judgment body
• For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
  1 Corinthians 12:13 baptism Spirit community
• For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
  Galatians 5:1 Jesus life redeemer
• For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”
  Romans 8:15 fear Spirit children
• “All things are permitted for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are permitted for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
  1 Corinthians 6:12 addiction desires life
• Who are you to pass judgment on slaves of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
  Romans 14:4 faith judgment equipment
• Urge slaves to be submissive to their masters in everything, to be pleasing, not talking back, not stealing, but showing complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the teaching of God our Savior.
  Titus 2:9-10 slavery work
• I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
  Matthew 3:11 baptism conversion Holy Spirit