210 verses contain “Free” (in the KJV: 120, in the BSB: 167) — showing 101–200
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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.
that each man should
free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow
Jew in
bondage.
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.
So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would
free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in
bondage. They obeyed and released them,
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.
but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
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.
Every seventh year, each of you must
free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go
free. But your fathers did not
listen or
incline their ear.
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:
Recently you
repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed
freedom for his
neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
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.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed
freedom, each man for his brother and for his
neighbor. So now I
proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—
freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a
horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon,
forbear: behold, all the land is before thee:
whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
But now, behold, I am
freeing you
today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your
pillows,
wherewith ye there
hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will
tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye
hunt to make them fly.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you
ensnare souls like birds, and I will
tear them from your arms. So I will
free the souls you have ensnared like birds.
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings
voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
When the prince makes a
freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
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.
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of
freedom; then it will
revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
I will
heal their
backsliding, I will love them
freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
I will
heal their
apostasy; I will
freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Offer
leavened bread as a
thank offering, and loudly
proclaim your
freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I
devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go
haughtily: for this time is evil.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am
planning against this nation a
disaster from which you cannot
free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of
calamity.
Heal the sick,
cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:
freely ye have received,
freely give.
Heal the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.
Freely you have received;
freely give.
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.
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you
nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are
exempt,” Jesus declared.
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has
healed you. Go in peace and be
free of your
affliction.”
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.
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is
Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.
And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine
infirmity.
When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in
bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made
free?
“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to
anyone. How can You say we will be set
free?”
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Men and brethren, let me
freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Then there arose certain of the
synagogue, which is called the
synagogue of the
Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of
Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
But resistance arose from what was called the
Synagogue of the
Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of
Cilicia and Asia. They began to
argue with Stephen,
And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
“I paid a high price for my
citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
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.
He ordered the
centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some
freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak
freely to him. I am
confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should
swim out, and escape.
The soldiers
planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could
swim to
freedom.
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which
concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man
forbidding him.
Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Being justified
freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
and are justified
freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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.
But the gift is not like the
trespass. For if the many died by the
trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
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.
Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought
condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought
justification.
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.
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
For
anyone who has died has been
freed from sin.
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
But now being made
free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto
holiness, and the end
everlasting life.
But now that you have been set
free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you
reap leads to
holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
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.
So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an
adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is
free from that law and is not an
adulteress, even if she marries another man.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
that the creation itself will be set
free from its
bondage to decay and brought into the glorious
freedom of the children of God.
He that
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things?
He who did not
spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him,
freely give us all things?
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it
concern you—but if you can gain your
freedom, take the opportunity.
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.
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s
freedman.
Conversely, he who was a
free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
I want you to be
free from
concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
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.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is
free to marry
anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
But take
heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Be careful, however, that your
freedom does not become a
stumbling block to the weak.
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?
Am I not
free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you
yourselves not my
workmanship in the Lord?
What is my reward then?
Verily that, when I
preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I
abuse not my power in the gospel.
What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Though I am
free of obligation to
anyone, I make myself a slave to
everyone, to
win as many as possible.
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
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.
For in one Spirit we were all
baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or
free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
O ye
Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
We have spoken
freely to you,
Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.
Have I committed an offence in
abasing myself that ye might be
exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God
freely?
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to
exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you
free of charge?
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:
This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to
spy on our
freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to
enslave us.
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
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.
There is neither
Jew nor Greek, slave nor
free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a
bondmaid, the other by a
freewoman.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
But he who was of the
bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the
freewoman was by promise.
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the
bondwoman and her son: for the son of the
bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the
free woman.
But what does the Scripture say? “
Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the
free woman’s son.”
So then, brethren, we are not children of the
bondwoman, but of the
free.
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
It is for
freedom that Christ has set us
free. Stand firm, then, and do not be
encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Knowing that
whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or
free.
because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have
free course, and be
glorified, even as it is with you:
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of
compulsion, but by your own
free will.
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee.
Keep your lives
free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I
forsake you.”
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.
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of
freedom, and continues to do so—not being a
forgetful hearer, but an effective
doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
As
free, and not using your liberty for a
cloke of
maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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.
They promise them
freedom, while they themselves are slaves to
depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
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;
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and
free man
hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
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:
And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor,
free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their
forehead,
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.
so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of
everyone slave and
free, small and great.”
And he said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is
athirst of the fountain of the water of life
freely.
And He told me, “It is done! I am the
Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the
thirsty I will give
freely from the spring of the water of life.
And the Spirit and the
bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is
athirst come. And
whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely.
The Spirit and the
bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is
thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink
freely.
And they that dwelt round about them, and helped them in all things with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with very many
free gifts of a great number whose minds were
stirred up
thereto.
It maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the
bondman and of the
freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into
Jewry, concerning their
freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor
treasurer, should
forcibly enter into their doors;
And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:
And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have
free liberty, as well they as their
posterity, and all the priests that went away.
And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
And Joacim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins
girt with
sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and
free gifts of the people,
Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they worshipped the Lord; and as soon as the people were
purified, they offered their burnt offerings, and their
free offerings, and their gifts.
But she increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in her husband’s house, being an hundred and five years old, and made her
maid free; so she died in Bethulia: and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
Therefore ye shall
publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the Jews may
freely live after their own laws.
Kind to man,
steadfast, sure,
free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure, and most
subtil, spirits.
Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are
free do service: and he that hath knowledge will not
grudge when he is reformed.
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an
huckster shall not be
freed from sin.
For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go
free;
albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not
slay.