14 Bible Verses about Breaking Chains

suddenly there was an earthquake so great that it shook the very foundations of the jail, the doors all flew open, and every prisoner's chains were unfastened.

for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one was strong enough to overpower him.

This man lived among the tombs, and no one could any longer subdue him even with a chain,

For He was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For on many occasions it had seized him, and repeatedly he had been fastened with chains and fetters under constant guard, and yet he would snap his bonds, and the demon would drive him into desert places.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? Why, I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

And suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in his cell, and by striking Peter on the side the angel woke him, and said, "Get up quickly!" At once the chains fell off his hands.

but God raised Him up by loosing Him from the pangs of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held by the power of death.

For the life-giving power of the Spirit through union with Christ Jesus has set us free from the power of sin and death.

Because the heart of our God is merciful. And so the day will dawn upon us from on high,

All night and all day he kept screaming among the tombs and on the hills, and kept gashing himself with stones.

For whoever obeys the whole law, except to slip in a single instance, is guilty of breaking it all.

But in the night the angel of the Lord threw open the jail doors and let them out, and said to them,

So Peter was being kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God for him was persistently made by the church.