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Liberty

Give me liberty.


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And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.   Leviticus 25:10 


And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.   Psalm 119:45 


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;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.   Isaiah 61:1-3 


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;
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.   Jeremiah 34:8, 9 


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, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
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.   Jeremiah 34:15-17 


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.   Ezekiel 46:17 


The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.   Luke 4:18, 19 


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.   Acts 24:23 


Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.   Acts 26:32 


And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.   Acts 27:3 


Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.   Romans 8:21 


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.   1 Corinthians 7:39 


But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.   1 Corinthians 8:9 


Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.   1 Corinthians 10:29-31 


Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.   2 Corinthians 3:17 


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:
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.   Galatians 2:4, 5 


Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.   Galatians 5:1 


For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.   Galatians 5:13 


Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.   Hebrews 13:23 


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.   James 1:25 


So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.   James 2:12 


As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.   1 Peter 2:16 


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.   2 Peter 2:19 



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Once the door to freedom is opened even a crack, it cannot be closed. As people grow in prosperity, their demands for political freedom will grow as well. - George Bush - 202




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