100 Bible Verses About Liberation
Bible verses about Liberation
Scripture reveals liberation as a core theme woven through the tapestry of faith. Understanding liberation biblically transcends mere political or social freedom; it speaks to a profound spiritual emancipation from sin, fear, and the bondage of earthly desires. By exploring verses on liberation, we discover God's unwavering commitment to setting His people free – free to live in authentic relationship with Him, free to experience the fullness of His grace, and free to extend that liberating love to others. Embrace these passages as pathways to a deeper understanding of God's transformative power and the true meaning of freedom in Christ.
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Deuteronomy 15:13 (KJV)
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
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And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.
In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
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?
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers.
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.
And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
Through exploring these selected Bible verses on liberation, a profound understanding emerges: liberation, in its truest sense, transcends mere physical freedom. It encompasses spiritual, emotional, and societal dimensions, all intertwined with God's unwavering love and promise of redemption. From the Exodus narrative to Jesus' proclamation of freedom for the oppressed and Paul's teachings on freedom from sin, the Bible consistently underscores God's active role in setting His people free. These verses serve as a powerful reminder that liberation is not a passive state but an ongoing journey, demanding active participation in dismantling oppressive structures and embracing a life aligned with God's will. Let these scriptures inspire deep reflection on personal bondages, societal injustices, and the boundless power of God to liberate us completely. May we strive to embody this spirit of liberation in our daily lives, becoming agents of change and beacons of hope for a world yearning for true freedom.