19 Bible Verses about Chains
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for he was often bound with fetters and chains, and his chains were broken by him, and his fetters crushed, and no one could subdue him.
for he had commanded the impure spirit to go out of the man; for it had often seized him; and he had been bound with chains, and confined with fetters; and breaking his bonds he had been driven by the demon into solitary places.
And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards kept watch before the door. And behold, an angel of the Lord came, and a light shone in the building; and striking Peter on the side he awoke him saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were removed.
Then the chiliarch approaching took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.
Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
For this reason, therefore, I have called you to see and converse with you, because I am loaded with this chain on account of the hope of Israel.
in behalf of which I perform an embassy in bonds, that I may speak boldly in them, as I ought to speak.
as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you being all partakers of my grace.
praying also at the same time for us, that God will open to us a door of utterance to declare the mystery of Christ, for which also I am bound,
May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains,
in which I suffer even to chains as an evil doer; but the word of God is not bound.
and others had trial of mockings and scourges, and besides of bonds and imprisonment;
And I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he took the dragon, which is the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
And I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
From Thematic Bible
Chains » Figurative
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but plunging them into Tartarus delivered them up in chains to be kept in darkness till the judgment,
and the angels who kept not their own province, but left their habitation, he has kept under darkness in eternal chains, for the judgment of the great day;
Chains » Used to confine prisoners
And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards kept watch before the door. And behold, an angel of the Lord came, and a light shone in the building; and striking Peter on the side he awoke him saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Then the chiliarch approaching took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.
Chains » Worn » Princes
Chains » Worn » Ankles
Chains » Worn » High priest » Breastplate
Chains » A partition of, in the temple
Chains » As ornaments on camels
Gold » Was used for » Chains
Silver » Made into » Chains
Silver » Chains
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Breaking Chains
Acts 16:26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were removed.
Iron Chains
Acts 12:6And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards kept watch before the door.
