Chains

…and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.

…and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.

For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

…and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

…and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.

He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

…to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

…their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

…for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.

The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

…as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.