they promise.

Galatians 5:1, 13
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. . . .

1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

they themselves.

John 8:34
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Romans 6:12-14, 16-22
Therefore do not let sin control your mortal body so that you obey its desires. . . .

Titus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

overcome.

2 Peter 2:20
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through their knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Jeremiah 23:9
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

2 Timothy 2:26
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.