Bible Verses about โchainsโ
The Bible contains 16 verses about chains across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โOr don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,โ
โfor you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.โ
โIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.โ
โFor if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;โ
โAngels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.โ
โGod sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.โ
โ"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."โ
โAnd 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.โ
โHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.โ
โThen they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.โ
โThe 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.โ
โSome sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,โ
โbecause they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.โ
โTherefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.โ
โNow, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don't: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.โ
โThen 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.โ
