15 Bible Verses about Freedom: Discovering Spiritual Freedom and Liberty through the Scriptures

Quick Summary: This post shares 15 Bible verses—seven from the Old Testament and eight from the New—highlighting both physical and spiritual freedom. While the Old Testament includes themes of rescue and deliverance (e.g., Psalm 119, Isaiah 61), the New Testament emphasizes freedom from sin and death through Jesus (e.g., Romans 6, Galatians 5). 

Looking for scriptures about freedom in Christ to enhance your quiet time? This scripture collection is perfect as it celebrates the liberty Christ purchased for you and me.

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What does the Bible say about Spiritual Freedom and Liberty?

The Bible frequently talks about spiritual freedom and liberty. While there are many verses that discuss God fighting to save His people from physical captivity—like slavery in Egypt or exile in Babylon—there is a deeper message about spiritual freedom that scripture shows when we study God’s Word.

Through Old Testament prophecies and New Testament truths, the Bible reveals that we are free from sin, guilt, shame, fear, and death. Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross provides this spiritual freedom. Because of Jesus, we are no longer under sin’s control. Instead we are free to walk in love, grace, and purpose. We now also have the opportunity to use the righteousness Christ purchased for us to freely serve our Heavenly Father.

Below are 15 Bible verses about freedom. These scriptures illustrate, through the Old Testament, God’s desire for us to walk in freedom while celebrating, through the New Testament, how Jesus’s act of love at the cross secures our freedom. May these scriptures encourage and remind you of the spiritual liberty we now enjoy through Jesus Christ! Enjoy!

Bible Verses about Freedom from the Old Testament

#1: Psalm 119:41-45

May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise; then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your Word. Never take your Word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws. I will always obey your law, for ever and ever. I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.

#2: Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor… to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.

#3: Psalm 34:19-22

The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. The Lord will rescue His servants; no one who takes refuge in Him will be condemned.

#4: Jeremiah 30:8-9

“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks
and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them. Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.’”

#5: Zechariah 9:9-11

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.

#6: Psalm 146:5-7

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—He remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free.

Bible Verses about Freedom in the New Testament

#7: James 1:25

But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

#8: Romans 6:6-7

For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

#9: Galatians 5:1

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

#10: 2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

#11: 1 Peter 2:16

Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.

#12: Galatians 5:13

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

#13: Colossians 1:13-14

For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

#14: Romans 8:1-2

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

#15: Hebrews 2:14-15

That by His death He might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

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