'Chains' in the Bible

He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.

Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.

I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.