100 Bible Verses about Chains

Here are 100 Bible verses about chains, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Jude 1:6 KJV

⁶ And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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Jeremiah 40:4 KJV

⁴ And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine 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 convenient for thee to go, thither go.

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2 Peter 2:4 KJV

⁴ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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Psalm 2:3 KJV

³ Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

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Acts 21:33 KJV

³³ Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

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Psalm 107:10-14 KJV

¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; ¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: ¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. ¹³ Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their …

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Psalm 68:6 KJV

⁶ God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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Acts 12:7 KJV

⁷ And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

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Acts 12:6 KJV

⁶ And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

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Judges 8:26 KJV

²⁶ And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

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2 Corinthians 10:1-18 KJV

¹ Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: ² But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: …

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Luke 8:29 KJV

²⁹ (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

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Mark 5:4 KJV

⁴ Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

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Psalm 149:8 KJV

⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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Proverbs 1:9 KJV

⁹ For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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Exodus 28:14 KJV

¹⁴ And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

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Exodus 39:15 KJV

¹⁵ And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

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1 Kings 6:21 KJV

²¹ So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

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Isaiah 3:19 KJV

¹⁹ The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

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Numbers 31:50 KJV

⁵⁰ We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Acts 28:20 KJV

²⁰ For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

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Philippians 1:7 KJV

⁷ Even as it is meet for me to think this 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 of my grace.

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Ezekiel 7:23 KJV

²³ Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

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John 8:32 KJV

³² And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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Daniel 5:29 KJV

²⁹ Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Jeremiah 40:1 KJV

¹ The word that 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 that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

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Daniel 5:7 KJV

⁷ The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Genesis 41:42 KJV

⁴² And Pharaoh took off his 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;

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Romans 5:8 KJV

⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Acts 16:26 KJV

²⁶ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.

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Colossians 2:1-23 KJV

¹ For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; ² That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; ³ In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom …

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John 1:1 KJV

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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Nahum 3:10 KJV

¹⁰ Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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Isaiah 45:14 KJV

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come 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.

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Mark 5:3 KJV

³ Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Ephesians 6:20 KJV

²⁰ For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Acts 12:6-7 KJV

⁶ And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. ⁷ And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

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Isaiah 40:19 KJV

¹⁹ The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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Revelation 20:1 KJV

¹ And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

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Galatians 5:1 KJV

¹ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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Proverbs 3:5 KJV

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Isaiah 3:20 KJV

²⁰ The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

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Psalm 23:4 KJV

⁴ 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.

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1 Peter 2:4 KJV

⁴ To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

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Romans 8:2 KJV

² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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Psalm 73:6 KJV

⁶ Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

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1 Kings 7:17 KJV

¹⁷ And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

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Exodus 39:17 KJV

¹⁷ And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

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Philippians 1:14 KJV

¹⁴ And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

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Exodus 39:18 KJV

¹⁸ And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.

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Exodus 28:25 KJV

²⁵ And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

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Exodus 28:24 KJV

²⁴ And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

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Exodus 28:22 KJV

²² And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

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Jeremiah 39:7 KJV

⁷ Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

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2 Timothy 1:16 KJV

¹⁶ The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

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Colossians 1:1-29 KJV

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴ Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, …

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John 8:36 KJV

³⁶ If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

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Leviticus 19:28 KJV

²⁸ Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

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John 8:12 KJV

¹² Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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Philippians 1:17 KJV

¹⁷ But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

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2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV

¹⁷ Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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Acts 4:29 KJV

²⁹ And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

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Philippians 1:13 KJV

¹³ So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

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Matthew 25:41 KJV

⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

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Ezekiel 19:9 KJV

⁹ And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

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Ezekiel 19:4 KJV

⁴ The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

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Jeremiah 52:11 KJV

¹¹ Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

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Philippians 1:12 KJV

¹² But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

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Acts 4:12 KJV

¹² Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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Psalm 107:14 KJV

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: ² Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. ³ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …

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1 Peter 5:8 KJV

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Hebrews 9:27 KJV

²⁷ And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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Galatians 2:4 KJV

⁴ And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

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1 Corinthians 15:55 KJV

⁵⁵ O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

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Romans 8:15 KJV

¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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1 John 4:8 KJV

⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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Philippians 1:16 KJV

¹⁶ The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

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Isaiah 58:6 KJV

⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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Psalm 116:16 KJV

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

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1 John 2:2 KJV

² And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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Hebrews 13:8 KJV

⁸ Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

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1 John 3:2 KJV

² Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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Matthew 10:28 KJV

²⁸ And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Lamentations 3:7 KJV

⁷ He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

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Acts 12:4 KJV

⁴ And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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Philippians 1:20 KJV

²⁰ According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

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Mark 10:27 KJV

²⁷ And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

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1 Chronicles 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

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Acts 16:24 KJV

²⁴ Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

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