41 Bible Verses about Breaking Chains

He brought them out of darkness and gloom, and tore off their bonds.

And now, I will break his yoke from upon you; I will snap your bonds."

"Let us tear off their bonds, and cast their cords from us!"

for he shatters [the] doors of bronze, and cuts through [the] bars of iron.

[Those who] sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron--

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened and all the bonds were unfastened.

Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?

And it will happen on that day,' {declares} Yahweh of hosts, 'I will break his yoke from your neck and your bonds I will tear to pieces. And strangers will no longer let him work as a slave.

And this shall happen: on that day, he will remove his burden from your shoulder and his yoke from your neck, {and a yoke will be destroyed because of fat}.

Let me go to the great, and let me speak with them, for they know the way of Yahweh, the law of their God." However, they together have broken [the] yoke, they have torn to pieces [the] bonds.

because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles had been shattered. And no one was strong [enough] to subdue him.

The one who breaks out before them goes up; they break through and pass the gate, going out through it. Their king passes before them, Yahweh at their head.

Shake yourself free from [the] dust! Rise up; sit, Jerusalem! Free yourselves [from] the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!

Make a chain for the land; it is full of {bloody crimes} and the city is full of violence.

God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

who {lived} among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain,

"For from long ago you have broken your yoke, you tore to pieces your bonds. And you said, 'I will not serve!' But on every high hill and under every leafy tree you [were] lying down [as] a prostitute.

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, and he was bound with chains and shackles [and] was guarded, and breaking the bonds he would be driven by the demon into the deserted places.)

And the tree of the field will give its fruit, and the land will give its produce, and they will be on their land {safely}, and they will know that I [am] Yahweh when I break their yoke, and I will deliver them from the hand of the ones enslaving them.

And I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus!"

to open [the] blind eyes, to bring [the] prisoner out from [the] dungeon, those who sit [in] darkness from [the] house of imprisonment.

Our soul has escaped like a bird from [the] snare of fowlers. The snare [is] broken, and we have escaped.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near [him], and a light shone in the prison cell. And striking Peter's side, he woke him up, saying, "Get up {quickly}!" And his chains fell off of [his] hands.

"I myself will go before you, and I will level [the] {mountains}. I will break [the] doors of bronze and cut through[the] bars of iron.

the headdresses and the armlets and the sashes, and the {perfume boxes} and the amulets,

I [am] Yahweh, your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke, and I caused you to walk erectly.

God raised {him} up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible [for] him to be held by it.

Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

Yahweh [is] righteous. He has cut [the] ropes of [the] wicked.

I myself found [that] more bitter than death [is] the woman who [is] a trap, whose heart [is] a snare, and whose hands [are] bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

to bind their kings with chains and their {nobles} with fetters of iron,

because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,

Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; and the jar at the foundation is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken.

"Go, and you must say to Hananiah, {saying}, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You have broken yoke bars of wood, but you have made in place of them yoke bars of iron."

And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one [point only] has become guilty of all [of it].

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison and led them [out] [and] said,

Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.