14 Bible Verses about Breaking Chains

Suddenly there was an earthquake of such violence that the Jail was shaken to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and all the prisoners' chains were loosened.

For, though he had many times been left secured with fetters and chains, he had snapped the chains and broken the fetters to pieces, and no one could master him.

And who made his home in the tombs. No one had ever been able to secure him, even with a chain;

For Jesus was commanding the foul spirit to come out from the man. On many occasions it had seized him, and, even when secured with chains and fetters, and watched, he would break through anything that bound him, and be driven by the demon into the Wilds.

Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

It was then that Paul made the reply: "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart like this? For my part, I am ready not only to be bound, but even to suffer death at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus."

Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side, and roused him with the words: "Get up quickly."

But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold upon him.

For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death.

Through the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the Dawn will break on us from Heaven,

Night and day alike, he was continually shrieking in the tombs and among the hills, and cutting himself with stones.

For a man who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is liable for breaking all its provisions.

An angel of the Lord, however, opened the prison doors at night and led them out.

So Peter was kept in prison, but meanwhile the prayers of the Church were being earnestly offered to God on his behalf.