11 occurrences

'Bonds' in the Bible

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and the ropes on his arms were like flax (linen) that had been burned, and his bonds dropped off his hands.

Verse ConceptsFlaxArmsPower, HumanShoutingTranceGroups Shouting

Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Verse ConceptsCoinageChainsTaxationFine As Penalty

He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darknessAnd broke their bonds apart.

Verse ConceptsComing Out Of DarknessGod Freeing CaptivesAddictionLosing SomeoneBreaking ChainsBroken Hearts

O Lord, truly I am Your servant;I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;You have unfastened my chains.

Verse ConceptsChainsServants Of The LordGod Freeing Captives

Shake yourself from the dust, arise,O captive Jerusalem;Rid yourself of the chains around your neck,O captive Daughter of Zion.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersNecksChainsGet Up!Beauty And Self WorthBreaking Chainsdiscriminationdustfreejerusalemziondignity

“[Rather] is this not the fast which I choose,To undo the bonds of wickedness,To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke,To let the oppressed go freeAnd break apart every [enslaving] yoke?

Verse ConceptsYokesHow To FastPeople Releasing OthersInjusticeFastingFasting And PrayerBreaking Chainsliberation

“For long ago you broke your yoke [in deliberate disobedience]And tore off your bonds [of the law that I gave you];You said, ‘I will not serve and obey You!’For on every high hillAnd under every green treeYou have lain down [in idolatrous worship] like a [compliant] prostitute.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryServanthood, And Worship Of GodShrinesYokesNot Serving GodSacrificing On The High PlacesWorship At TreesBreaking Chains

“I will go to the great [men]And speak to them,For they [must] know the way of the Lord,The ordinance of their God.”But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law]And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].

Verse ConceptsYokesEscaping From GodBreaking Chains

‘It shall come about on that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘that I will break the yoke off your neck and I will tear off your bonds and force apart your shackles; and strangers will no longer make slaves of the people [of Israel].

Verse ConceptsForeignersYokesGod Freeing CaptivesBreaking Chains

And as you saw the iron mixed with common clay, so they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not merge [for such diverse things or ideologies cannot unite], even as iron does not mix with clay.

Verse ConceptsIron ObjectsMixing PeopleNot MixingInterracial Marriageinterracial

“Now, I will break his yoke [of taxation] off you,And I will tear off your shackles.”

Verse ConceptsYokesGod Freeing CaptivesBreaking Chains

Bible Theasaurus

Adhere (43 instances)
Adherence (4 instances)
Alliance (19 instances)
Attach (19 instances)
Attachment (1 instance)
Bail (1 instance)
Bonds (48 instances)
Hamper (2 instances)
Stick (65 instances)