48 Verses About Chain from 25 Books

1_Kings 6:21

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.

1_Kings 7:17

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

2_Chronicles 3:5

The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

2_Chronicles 3:16

He made chains in the oracle, and put [them] on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

2_Chronicles 33:11

Therefore the LORD brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2_Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

2_Timothy 2:9

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



Acts 12:6

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.

Acts 12:7

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.

Acts 21:33

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.

Acts 28:20

For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

Daniel 5:7

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

Daniel 5:16

But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:29

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.



Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

Ephesians 6:20

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

Exodus 28:14

and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.

Exodus 28:22

You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

Exodus 28:24

You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

Exodus 28:25

The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.

Exodus 39:15

They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.



Exodus 39:17

They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

Exodus 39:18

The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front.

Ezekiel 7:23

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

Ezekiel 16:11

I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.

Genesis 41:42

Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

Hebrews 10:34

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.

Isaiah 3:20

the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms,



Isaiah 40:19

A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

Isaiah 45:14

Thus says the LORD: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is none else. There is no other god.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, 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, who were carried away captive to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now, 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.

Judges 8:26

The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

Judith 10:4

And she put sandals on her feet, and she put on her bracelets and her chains and her rings and her earrings and all her ornaments, and she decked herself out boldly, to allure the eyes of all men who might see her.

Lamentations 3:7

He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.



Luke 8:29

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.

Mark 5:3

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

Mark 5:4

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.

Nahum 3:10

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.

Philemon 1:10

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

Philemon 1:13

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

Philippians 1:16

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

Proverbs 1:9

for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

Psalms 73:6

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Psalms 116:16

the LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

Psalms 149:8

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

Revelation 20:1

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

Song_of_Solomon 4:9

You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.





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