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Bible Verses About Freedom

81 verses on this topic, ordered Genesis to Revelation

In the biblical narrative, freedom is portrayed as a profound gift that is both relational and moral, rooted in the character of God who liberates his people from oppression, sin, and death. This divine freedom is first manifested in the deliverance of Israel from physical bondage, serving as a foreshadowing of the deeper emancipation offered through the incarnation and work of Christ. The New Testament expands this concept, describing freedom not merely as the absence of external constraints but as an inner transformation that enables believers to live in the fullness of God's purpose, guided by love and guided by the Spirit.

The Scriptures consistently link true freedom with responsibility, emphasizing that liberated individuals are called to exercise their liberty in ways that reflect the kingdom’s values—justice, mercy, and humility. Freedom thus becomes a conduit for worship, service, and the cultivation of a community where each person’s dignity is upheld. By aligning personal liberty with divine will, the biblical vision invites believers to experience a freedom that transcends circumstance, empowering them to pursue righteousness and to bear witness to the transformative power of God's grace.

All 81 matching verses, ordered from Genesis to Revelation.

"And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free."

Leviticus 19:20

"And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born."

Acts 22:28

"And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family."

Leviticus 25:10

"And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts."

Psalms 119:45

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;"

Isaiah 61:1

"This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;"

Jeremiah 34:8

"And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:"

Jeremiah 34:15

"But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids."

Jeremiah 34:16

"Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth."

Jeremiah 34:17

"But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them."

Ezekiel 46:17

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"

Luke 4:18

"And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him."

Acts 24:23

"Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar."

Acts 26:32

"And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself."

Acts 27:3

"Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."

Romans 8:21

"The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 7:39

"But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak."

1 Corinthians 8:9

"Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?"

1 Corinthians 10:29

"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

2 Corinthians 3:17

"And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:"

Galatians 2:4

"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

Galatians 5:1

"For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another."

Galatians 5:13

"Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you."

Hebrews 13:23

"But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."

James 1:25

"So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."

James 2:12

"As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God."

1 Peter 2:16

"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage."

2 Peter 2:19

"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."

Exodus 21:2

"And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:"

Exodus 21:5

"And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money."

Exodus 21:11

"And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake."

Exodus 21:26

"And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake."

Exodus 21:27

"And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning."

Exodus 36:3

"And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:"

Numbers 5:19

"And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed."

Numbers 5:28

"And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee."

Deuteronomy 15:12

"And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:"

Deuteronomy 15:13

"It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest."

Deuteronomy 15:18

"When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken."

Deuteronomy 24:5

"And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel."

1 Samuel 17:25

"And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night."

1 Chronicles 9:33

"Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings."

2 Chronicles 29:31

"The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master."

Job 3:19

"Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?"

Job 39:5

"Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit."

Psalms 51:12

"Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand."

Psalms 88:5

"The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free."

Psalms 105:20

"Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"

Isaiah 58:6

"That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother."

Jeremiah 34:9

"Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go."

Jeremiah 34:10

"But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids."

Jeremiah 34:11

"At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear."

Jeremiah 34:14

"And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD."

Amos 4:5

"And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition."

Matthew 15:6

"Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free."

Matthew 17:26

"But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free."

Mark 7:11

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

John 8:32

"They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?"

John 8:33

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."

John 8:36

"But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."

Romans 5:15

"And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification."

Romans 5:16

"Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."

Romans 5:18

"Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness."

Romans 6:18

"For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness."

Romans 6:20

"But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life."

Romans 6:22

"So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."

Romans 7:3

"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."

Romans 8:2

"Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather."

1 Corinthians 7:21

"For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant."

1 Corinthians 7:22

"Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?"

1 Corinthians 9:1

"For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more."

1 Corinthians 9:19

"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."

1 Corinthians 12:13

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

Galatians 3:28

"But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all."

Galatians 4:26

"So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free."

Galatians 4:31

"Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free."

Ephesians 6:8

"Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."

Colossians 3:11

"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:"

2 Thessalonians 3:1

"And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;"

Revelation 6:15

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:"

Revelation 13:16

"That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great."

Revelation 19:18

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