42 Verses About Cords from 18 Books

1 Chronicles 4:22

and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. The records are ancient.

2 Samuel 22:6

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

Additions to Esther 3:6

There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.

Additions to Esther 10:1

On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

Esther 1:6

There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.

Esther 6:1

On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

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 35:18

the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;

Exodus 39:15

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

Exodus 39:40

the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting,

Ezekiel 27:24

These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.

Ezra 4:15

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so you shall find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

Genesis 38:25

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."



Hosea 11:4

I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;

Isaiah 33:20

Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won't be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

Isaiah 54:2

"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.

Epistle of Jeremiah 6:43

The women also, sitting in the ways with cords around themselves, burn bran for perfume; but if any of them, drawn by someone who passes by, should lie with him, she reproaches her peer, because she was not thought as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken.

Jeremiah 10:20

My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

Jeremiah 38:6

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.



Jeremiah 38:11

So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 38:12

Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.

Jeremiah 38:13

So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Job 36:8

If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

Job 38:31

"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

John 2:15

He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables.

Judges 16:7

Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."



Judges 16:8

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Judges 16:9

Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

Numbers 3:26

and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

Numbers 3:37

the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.

Numbers 4:26

and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.

Numbers 4:32

and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.

Proverbs 5:22

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.



Psalms 2:3

"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."

Psalms 18:4

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Psalms 18:5

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

Psalms 116:3

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

Psalms 118:27

the LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

Psalms 129:4

the LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

Psalms 140:5

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.





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