Topic
Liberty
24 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 25:10ISBE · Nave Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
- John 8:32ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- Judges 17:6Nave Political
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 21:25Nave Political
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
- Psalms 119:45ISBE
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
- Isaiah 61:1ISBE
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
- Isaiah 61:2Nave FIGURATIVE
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
- Isaiah 63:4Nave FIGURATIVE
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
- Jeremiah 34:8Nave Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
- Jeremiah 34:15–17Nave Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
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: But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant,…
- Luke 4:19Nave FIGURATIVE
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
- John 8:33Nave FIGURATIVE
¶ They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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- John 8:34 ISBE
- John 8:36 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Acts 22:28 Nave Political
- Romans 8:21 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 ISBE
- Galatians 2:4 ISBE
- Galatians 3:28 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Galatians 5:13 ISBE
- Ephesians 6:8 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Colossians 3:11 Nave FIGURATIVE
- James 1:25 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:16 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 12 references
lib'-er-ti (deror, rachabh; eleutheria): The opposite of servitude or bondage, hence, applicable to captives or slaves set free from oppression (thus deror, Le 25:10; Isa 61:1, etc.). Morally, the power which enslaves is sin (Joh 8:34), and liberty consists, not simply in external freedom, or in possession of the formal power of choice, but in deliverance from the darkening of the mind, the tyranny of sinful lusts and the enthrallment of the will, induced by a morally corrupt state. In a positive respect, it consists in the possession of holiness, with the will and ability to do what is right and good. Such liberty is possible only in a renewed condition of soul, and cannot exist apart from godliness. Even under the Old Testament godly men could boast of a measure of such liberty (Ps 119:45, rachabh, "room," "breadth"), but it is the gospel of Christ which bestows it in its fullness, in giving a full and clear knowledge of God, discovering the way of forgiveness, supplying the highest motives to holiness and giving the Holy Spirit to destroy the power of sin and to quicken to righteousness. In implanting a new life in the soul, the gospel lifts the believer out of the sphere of external law, and gives him a sense of freedom in his new filial relation to God. Hence, the New Testament expressions about "the glorious liberty" of God's children (Ro 8:21 the King James Version; compare Ga 2:4; 5:13, etc.), about liberty as resulting from the possession of the Spirit (2Co 3:17), about "the perfect law of liberty" (Jas 1:25). The instrument through which this liberty is imparted is "the truth" (Joh 8:32). Christians are earnestly warned not to presume upon, or abuse their liberty in Christ (Ga 5:13; 1Pe 2:16).
James Orr
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.