Chains

And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which are upon thy hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and right unto thee to go, thither go.

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron, — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.

And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the deserts.

To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;

because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.

For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work: and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings.

And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

And we have brought Jehovah’s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried away captive unto Babylon.

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one’s bands were loosed.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison. — read the full passage →

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof.

And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof.

And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole prætorian guard, and to all the rest;

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:

And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

Now I would have you know, brethren, that the thingswhich happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.