Slavery In The Old Testament

Slavery has been a controversial topic throughout history, and the Bible is no exception. Here are the top 99 quotes about slavery in the Bible:

“If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.” – Exodus 21:2
“If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.” – Exodus 21:7
“As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.” – Leviticus 25:44
“When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.” – Exodus 21:20
“Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.” – Leviticus 25:44
“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.” – Exodus 21:26
“If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.” – Exodus 21:20
“Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.” – Ephesians 6:5
“Then I said, ‘They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the Lord Or the ordinance of their God. I will go to the great And will speak to them, For they know the way of the Lord And the ordinance of their God.’ Yet they too have gone to the same place of torment.” – Jeremiah 5:4-5
“You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.” – Leviticus 25:43
“If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so that he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.” – Exodus 21:20
“The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.” – Proverbs 22:7
“One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord, And He will repay him for his good deed.” – Proverbs 19:17
“If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.” – Exodus 21:7
“But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,’ then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.” – Exodus 21:5-6
“For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ‘For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.'” – Romans 9:17
“Then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.” – Exodus 21:6
“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.” – Exodus 21:26
“‘Now then, you are cursed and shall never cease to be slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.'” – Joshua 9:23
“You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.” – Deuteronomy 23:15
“‘They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.'” – Luke 12:53
“‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.'” – Leviticus 25:44
“‘For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens.'” – Hebrews 7:26
“‘But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,’ then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.'” – Exodus 21:5-6
“‘You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.'” – Leviticus 25:43
“‘If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that he dies under his hand, he shall be punished.'” – Exodus 21:20
“‘And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go free as the male slaves do.'” – Exodus 21:7
“‘You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.'” – Exodus 23:9
“‘And if a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.'” – Exodus 21:20
“‘Do not deliver up his slave to his master when he has escaped from his master to you.'” – Deuteronomy 23:15
“‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.'” – Leviticus 25:44
“‘But the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.'” – Exodus 20:10
“‘He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.'” – Exodus 21:16
“‘If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.'” – Exodus 21:7
“‘When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.'” – Exodus 21:20
“‘If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.'” – Exodus 21:26
“‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.'” – Leviticus 25:44
“‘If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so that he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.'” – Exodus 21:20
“‘You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.'” – Leviticus 25:43
“‘Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.'” – Ephesians 6:5
“‘And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go free as the male slaves do.'” – Exodus 21:7
“‘You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.'” – Exodus 23:9
“‘You shall not deliver up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.'” – Deuteronomy 23:15
“‘And if a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so that he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.'” – Exodus 21:20
“‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.'” – Leviticus 25:44
“‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather

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