47 Bible Verses about Chains

Often he was bound in chains and iron bands but he would break them. No man was strong enough to keep him still.

The spirit seized him many times. For this reason he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the deserts. Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man!

It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door. Suddenly God's angel came to him. A light shined in the prison. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up saying: Get up quickly. And his chains fell off of his hands.

And Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So that he was not king in Jerusalem. Pharaoh Necho extracted from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, let him go at Ramah. Nebuzaradan found Jeremiah in chains along with the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken to Babylon. The captain of the guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him: Jehovah your God threatened to bring this disaster on this place. He has carried out his threat. Jehovah did as he promised because you Israelites have sinned against him and refused to obey him. That is why this has happened to you.read more.
Today, I am removing the chains from your hands. If you would like to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you. But if you do not want to come with me to Babylon, do not come. The whole land is yours. Go wherever you want.

Suddenly there was a massive earthquake. It was so great the foundations of the prison-house were shaken. All the doors were opened and everyone's bands came off.

Then the military commander came near and laid hold on him. He commanded that he be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

At once the men who were going to question Paul drew back from him. The commander was frightened when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains.

Paul replied, I pray to God, that you and also all that hear me this day were altogether such as I am, except for these bonds.

The reason I sent for you is to talk with you. I am in these chains because of the hope of Israel.

I am an ambassador in chains who should speak boldly.

It is right for me to feel this way on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the good news you are all partakers with me of grace.

Pray also for us that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned.

The Lord grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains.

I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal. But the word of God is not imprisoned.

And others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging and bonds and imprisonment.

This is what Jehovah says: The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans will come over to you and will be yours. They will walk behind you. They will come to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you. They will say: 'God is with you and there is no other. There is no other god!'

But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction, he tells them what they have done, that they have sinned arrogantly.

They say: Let us break their chains of control and throw off their oppressive rule.

Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains They had rebelled against God's words and had despised the advice given by the Most High. He humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them.read more.
In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles. He brought them out of the dark, out of death's shadow. He broke apart their chains.

Do not be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong. For I have heard from the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts that destruction is determined (decreed) upon the whole earth.

Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

Prepare chains for the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of violence.

She went into captivity and was exiled. Her children were smashed to death at every street corner. Soldiers tossed dice for her important men, and all her best men were bound in chains.

O Jehovah, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

Is this not the fast I choose to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke? Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house? When you see the naked, should you cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh? Your light will break out like the dawn. Your recovery will speedily spring forth. Your righteousness will go before you and the glory of Jehovah will be your rear guard.read more.
Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer! You will cry and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will be like midday.

He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me.

I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand. He clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold necklace around his neck.

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. / The king spoke to the wise men of Babylon: Whoever reads this writing, and shows me the interpretation of it will be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck. He will be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Discipline and education are a graceful ornament on your head, and a golden chain around your neck.

Make chains out of pure gold, twisted like ropes for the breastplate. Make two gold rings for the breastplate. Attach them to the two top corners of the breastplate. Fasten the two gold ropes to the rings at the top corners of the breastplate.read more.
Fasten the other ends of the ropes to the two settings on the shoulder straps of the ephod so that the breastplate hangs in front of it.

They made chains out of pure gold, twisted like ropes. These were for the breastplate. Two gold settings and two gold rings were prepared and attached, the two rings to the top two corners of the breast piece. They fastened the two gold ropes to the rings at the top corners of the breastplate.read more.
They fastened the other ends of the ropes to the two settings on the shoulder straps of the ephod. The breastplate hung in front of it.

The gold earrings that Gideon got weighed over forty pounds. This did not include the ornaments, necklaces, and purple clothes that the kings of Midian wore. It also did not include the collars that were around the necks of their camels.

hats, ankle bracelets, blouses, perfume boxes, charms,

As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

He made chains for the inner room and also put them on the crowns. He made one hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.

Make gold settings. Also make two chains of pure gold. These gold chains should be twisted like ropes. Fasten these chains to the settings.

The inside of the Temple was covered with gold. Gold chains were placed across the entrance of the inner room.

The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains.

He paneled the larger building with cypress. Then he overlaid it with fine gold. It was decorated with designs in the form of palm trees and chains.

He has carried out his threat. Jehovah did as he promised because you Israelites have sinned against him and refused to obey him. That is why this has happened to you.

I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.