Bible verses about "bondage" | Bishops

¹ And Adam knewe Heua his wyfe, who conceauing bare Cain, saying: I haue gotten a man of the Lorde ² And she proceading, brought foorth his brother Habel, and Habel was a keper of sheepe, but Cain was a tyller of the grounde ³ And in processe of dayes it came to passe, that Cain brought of the fruite of the grounde, an oblation vnto ye lorde ⁴ Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation ⁵ But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated ⁶ And the Lorde saide vnto Cain: why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenaunce abated ⁷ If thou do well, shalt thou not receaue? and yf thou doest not well, lyeth not thy sinne at the doores? Also vnto thee shall his desire be, and thou shalt haue dominion ouer hym ⁸ And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him ⁹ And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper ¹⁰ And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde ¹¹ And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande ¹² If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth ¹³ And Cain sayde vnto the Lord: My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen ¹⁴ Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth, & from thy face shall I be hyd, fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me ¹⁵ And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym ¹⁶ And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden ¹⁷ Cain also knewe his wyfe, whiche conceaued and bare Henoch, and buyldyng a citie, he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch ¹⁸ Unto ye same Henoch was borne Irad: Irad begat Mehuiael, Mehuiael begat Methusael, Methusael begat Lamech ¹⁹ And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella ²⁰ And Ada bare Iabel, which was the father of such as dwel in the tentes, and of such as haue cattell ²¹ His brothers name was Iubal, which was the father of such as handle Harpe and Organ ²² And Sella also bare Thubalcain, which wrought cunnyngly euery craft of brasse and of iron, the sister of Thubalcain was Noema ²³ And Lamech saide vnto his wiues Ada and Sella: Heare my voyce ye wyues of Lamech, hearken vnto my speache: for I haue slayne a man to the woundyng of my selfe, & a young man to myne owne punishment ²⁴ If Cain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech seuentie tymes & seuen tymes ²⁵ Adam knewe his wyfe agayne, and she bare a sonne, and called his name Seth: For God [sayde she] hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe ²⁶ And vnto the same Seth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to make inuocation in the name of the Lorde

³⁰ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde. A certaine man descended from Hierusalem to Hierico, and fell among thieues, which robbed hym of his rayment, and wounded hym, and departed, leauyng hym halfe dead ³¹ And it befell, that there came downe a certayne priest that same way, and whe he sawe hym, he passed by on the other syde ³² And likewise a Leuite, when he went nye to the place, came and loked on him, and passed by the other syde ³³ But a certayne Samaritane, as he iourneyed, came vnto hym, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him ³⁴ And went to hym, and bounde vp his woundes, and powred in oyle and wine, and set hym on his owne beast, and brought hym to a [common] Inne, and made prouision for hym ³⁵ And on the morowe when he departed, he toke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and sayde vnto hym, take cure of hym, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come agayne, I wyll recompence thee ³⁶ Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neyghbour vnto hym that fell among the thieues ³⁷ And he sayde: He that shewed mercy on hym. Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: Go, and do thou lykewyse

¹ And God spake all these wordes, and said ² I am the Lord thy GOD, whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, out of ye house of bondage ³ Thou shalt haue none other Gods in my sight ⁴ Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neyther any similitude that is in heauen aboue, eyther in the earth beneath, or in the waters vnder the earth ⁵ Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neyther serue them: for I the Lord thy God, am a gelous God, and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the chyldren, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me ⁶ And shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me, and kepe my commaundementes ⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne ⁸ Remember the sabboth day that thou sanctifie it ⁹ Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ¹⁰ But the seuenth day is the sabboth of the Lorde thy God: in it thou shalt do no maner of worke, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, thy man seruaunt, and thy mayde seruaunt, thy cattel, and the straunger that is within thy gates ¹¹ For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day, and halowed it ¹² Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee ¹³ Thou shalt not kyll ¹⁴ Thou shalt not commit adulterie ¹⁵ Thou shalt not steale ¹⁶ Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour ¹⁷ Thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours house, neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghbours wyfe, nor his man seruaut, nor his mayde, nor his oxe, nor his asse, or whatsoeuer thy neighbour hath ¹⁸ And all the people saw the thunder and lightning, and the noyse of the trumpet, and the mountayne smoking: And when the people sawe it, they remoued, and stoode a farre of ¹⁹ And said vnto Moyses, Talke thou with vs, and we wyll heart: But let not God talke with vs, lest we dye ²⁰ And Moyses sayde vnto the people: feare not, for God is come to proue you, and that his feare may be before your eyes, that ye sinne not ²¹ And the people stoode a farre of: and Moyses went into the thicke cloude where God was ²² And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the chyldren of Israel: Ye haue seene that I haue talked with you from out of heauen ²³ Ye shall not make therfore with me gods of siluer, neyther shall ye make ye gods of golde ²⁴ An aulter of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and theron offer thy burnt offeringes, and thy peace offeringes, thy sheepe, and thyne oxen: In all places where I shall put the remembraunce of my name, thyther I wyll come vnto thee, and blesse thee ²⁵ And if thou wylt make me an aulter of stone, see thou make it not of hewen stone: els if thou lyft vp thy toole vpon it, thou hast poluted it ²⁶ Neyther shalt thou go vp by steppes vnto myne aulter, that thy shame be not shewed theron

¹ The Lorde is our refuge & strength: a helpe very easyly founde in troubles

²⁶ A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted

¹ When he saw the multitude, he went vp into a mountayne: & when he was set, his disciples came to hym ² And he opened his mouth, & taught them, saying ³ Blessed (are) the poore in spirite: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen ⁴ Blessed (are) they that mourne: for they shalbe comforted ⁵ Blessed (are) the meke: for they shall inherite the earth ⁶ Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied ⁷ Blessed (are) the mercyfull: for they shall obteyne mercy ⁸ Blessed (are) the pure in heart: for they shall see God ⁹ Blessed (are) the peace makers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God ¹⁰ Blessed (are) they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen ¹¹ Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake ¹² Reioyce, and be glad: for great is your rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, whiche were before you ¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth. But yf the salt become vnsauery, where in shall it be salted? It is thencefoorth good for nothing, but to be caste out, and to be troden vnder foote of men ¹⁴ Ye are the lyght of the worlde. A citie that is set on an hyll, can not be hyd ¹⁵ Neyther do men lyght a candell, and put it vnder a busshell: but on a candelsticke, and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house ¹⁶ Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen ¹⁷ Thynke not that I am come to destroy the lawe, or the prophetes. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfyll ¹⁸ For truely I say vnto you, tyll heauen and earth passe, one iotte, or one title of the lawe shall not scape, tyll all be fulfylled ¹⁹ Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen ²⁰ For I say vnto you: except your righteousnes, excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen ²¹ Ye haue hearde, that it was sayde to them of the olde tyme, thou shalt not kyll: who so euer kylleth, shalbe in daunger of iudgement ²² But I say vnto you, that who so euer is angry with his brother, vnaduisedly, shalbe in daunger of iudgement. And who so euer shall say vnto his brother, racha, shalbe in daunger of a councell: But, whosoeuer shall saye (thou) foole, shalbe in daunger of hell fire ²³ Therfore, if thou bring thy gyft to the aulter, and there remembrest, that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee ²⁴ Leaue there thy gyft, before the aulter, and go thy way, first and be reconciled to thy brother: and then, come and offer thy gyft ²⁵ Agree with thyne aduersarie quicklye, whyles thou art in the waye with him: lest at any tyme the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister, and then thou be cast into pryson ²⁶ Ueryly I say vnto thee, thou shalt not come out thence, tyll thou hast payde the vtmost farthyng ²⁷ Ye haue hearde, that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not commit adultry ²⁸ But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman, to luste after her, hath committed adultry with her alredy, in his heart ²⁹ If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell ³⁰ And yf thy ryght hande offende thee, cut it of, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, then that all thy body shoulde be cast into hell ³¹ It is saide: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, let hym geue her a wrytyng of diuorcement ³² But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer doeth put awaye his wyfe, except it be for fornication, causeth her to commit adultry. And whosoeuer maryeth her that is diuorced, committeth adultry ³³ Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes ³⁴ But, I say vnto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is gods seate ³⁵ Nor by the earth, for it is his footestoole, neither by Hierusalem, for it is the citie of the great kyng ³⁶ Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head, because thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke ³⁷ But let your communication be yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euyll ³⁸ Ye haue hearde, that it is sayde, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth ³⁹ But, I say vnto you, that ye resist not euyll. But, whosoeuer geueth thee a blowe on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also ⁴⁰ And yf any man wyll sue thee at the lawe, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloke also ⁴¹ And whosoeuer wyll compell thee to go a myle, go with hym twayne ⁴² Geue to hym that asketh thee: & from hym that woulde borowe of thee, turne not thou away ⁴³ Ye haue heard, that it is saide: Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour, & hate thyne enemie ⁴⁴ But I saye vnto you, loue your enemies, blesse them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for the which hurt you, and persecute you ⁴⁵ That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust ⁴⁶ For yf ye loue them which loue you, what rewarde haue ye? Do not the publicans also euen the same ⁴⁷ And yf ye salute or greete your brethre only, what singuler thyng do ye? Do not also the publicans lykewyse ⁴⁸ Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfecte

¹⁵ If ye loue me, kepe my commaundementes

¹⁴ But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence

¹ Ye shall make you no idols nor graue image, neither reare you vp any piller, neither shall ye set vp any image of stone in your lande to bowe downe vnto it: for I am the Lorde your God ² Ye shall kepe my Sabbathes, and reuerence my sanctuarie: for I am the Lorde ³ If ye walke in my ordinaunces, and kepe my commaundementes, & do the ⁴ I wyll sende you rayne in due season, and the lande shall yeelde her increase, and the trees of the fielde shall geue their fruite ⁵ And your thresshyng shal reache vnto the vintage, & the vintage shall reache vnto sowyng tyme: and ye shall eate your bread in plenteousnesse, and dwell in your lande safely ⁶ And I wyll sende peace in the lande, and ye shall lye downe without any man to make you afrayde: And I wyll ridde euyll beastes out of the lande, and there shall no sworde go throughout your lande ⁷ And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shal fall before you vpon ye sworde ⁸ And fiue of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousande to flight: & your enemies shall fall before you vpon the sworde ⁹ For I wyll haue respect vnto you, and make you increase, and multiplie you, and set vp my couenaunt with you ¹⁰ And ye shall eate olde store, and cary out olde, because of the newe ¹¹ And I wyll make my dwellyng place among you, and my soule shal not lothe you ¹² I wyll walke among you, and wilbe your God, and ye shalbe my people ¹³ I am the Lorde your God which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, that ye shoulde not be their bondmen, and I haue broken the chaynes of your yoke, and made you go vpright ¹⁴ But and if ye wyll not hearken vnto me, nor wyll not do after these commaundementes ¹⁵ And yf ye shall dispise myne ordinaunces, either if your soule abhorre my lawes, so that ye wyll not do all my commaundementes, but breake my couenaunt ¹⁶ I also wyll do this vnto you: For I wyll bryng vpon you fearefulnesse, consumption, and the burnyng ague to consume your eyes, and gender sorowe of heart: And ye shall sowe your seede in vayne, for your enemies shall eate it ¹⁷ And I wyll set my face agaynst you, & ye shall fall before your enemies: they that hate you shal raigne ouer you, and ye shall flee whe no man foloweth you ¹⁸ And yf ye wyl not yet for all this hearken vnto me, then wyll I punishe you seuen tymes more for your sinnes ¹⁹ And wyll breake the pride of your power, and I wyll make your heauen as iron, and your earth as brasse ²⁰ And your labour shalbe spent in vayne: for your lande shall not geue her increase, neither shall the trees of the lande geue their fruites ²¹ And if ye walke contrarie vnto me, and wyll not hearken vnto me, I wyll bryng seuen tymes mo plagues vpon you, accordyng to your sinnes ²² I wyll also sende in wylde beastes vpon you, which shall robbe you of your children, and destroy your cattell, and make you fewe in number, and cause your hye wayes to be desolate ²³ And if ye may not be refourmed by these thynges, but shall walke contrary vnto me ²⁴ Then wyll I also walke contrarie vnto you, and wyl punishe you yet seuen tymes for your sinnes ²⁵ And I wyll sende a sworde vpon you, that shall auenge my couenaunt: And when ye are gathered together within your cities, I wyll sende the pestilence among you, and ye shalbe delyuered into the hande of the enemie ²⁶ And whe I haue broken the staffe of your bread ten wyues shall bake your bread in one ouen, and they shall deliuer you your bread agayne by wayght, ye shall eate, and not be satisfied ²⁷ And if ye wyl not yet for all this hearken vnto me, but walke agaynst me ²⁸ I wyll walke contrary vnto you also in indignation, and wyll chastise you seuen tymes more for your sinnes ²⁹ And ye shall eate the fleshe of your sonnes, and the fleshe of your daughters shall ye deuour ³⁰ I wyll destroy your hye places, and cut away your images, and cast your carkasses vpon ye bodyes of your idols, and my soule shall abhorre you ³¹ And I wyll make your cities desolate, and bring your sanctuarie vnto naught, and wyll not smell the sauour of your sweete odours ³² I wyll bryng the lande vnto a wildernesse, and your enemies which dwell therin shall wonder at it ³³ And I wyll strowe you among the heathen, and wyll drawe out a sworde after you: and your lande shalbe waste, and your cities desolate ³⁴ Then shall the lande enioy her Sabbathes as long as it lyeth voyde, and ye shalbe in your enemies lande: euen then shall the lande rest and enioy her Sabbathes ³⁵ As long as it lyeth voyde, it shall rest: because it dyd not rest in your Sabbathes when ye dwelt vpon it ³⁶ And vpon them that are left alyue of you, I will sende a fayntnesse into their heartes in the landes of their enemies: and the sounde of a shakyng leafe shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleyng from a sworde: they shall fall, no man folowyng vpon them ³⁷ They shall fall one vpon another as it were before a sworde, euen no man folowyng vpon them, and ye shall haue no power to stand before your enemies ³⁸ And ye shall perishe among the heathen, and the lande of your enemies shall eate you vp ³⁹ And they that are left of you, shal pine away in their vnrighteousnesse [euen] in your enemies landes, & in the misdeedes of their fathers shall they consume with them ⁴⁰ And they shal confesse their misdeedes and the misdeedes of their fathers, for their trespasse which they haue trespassed agaynst me, and for that also that they haue walked contrary vnto me ⁴¹ Therfore, I also wyll walke contrarie vnto them, and wyl bring them into the lande of their enemies: And then at the least way their vncircumcised heartes shalbe tamed, and they shall willingly accept their sinne ⁴² Then I wyll remember my couenaunt with Iacob, and my couenaunt with Isahac, and my couenaunt with Abraham wyll I remember, and wyll thynke on the lande ⁴³ The lande also shalbe left of them, and shall enioy her Sabbathes whyle she lyeth waste without them: And they shall willingly accept their sinne, because they dispised my lawes, & because their soule abhorred my ordinaunces ⁴⁴ And yet for all that, when they be in the lande of their enemies, I wyll not cast them away, neither wyll abhorre them to destroy them vtterly, and to breake my couenaunt with them: for I am the Lorde their God ⁴⁵ I wyll for their sakes remember the couenaunt of olde, when I brought the out of the lande of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I myght be their God: I am the Lorde ⁴⁶ These are the ordinaunces, and iudgementes, and lawes, which the Lorde made betweene hym and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hande of Moyses

⁶ Knowyng this, that our olde man is crucified with hym also, that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed, that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne ⁷ For he that is dead, is iustified from sinne

⁷ Submit your selues therfore to God: but resist the deuyll, and he wyll flee from you

⁸ Iesus Christe yesterday and to day, and the same for euer

² And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde, but be ye chaunged in your shape, by ye renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the wyll of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect

⁹ If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse