13 Bible Verses about Prisons

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.

The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.

But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, "Bring that back!"

Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

Say, 'This is what the king says, "Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return."'"

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.

The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

He had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him bound in chains. Then the king of Babylon had him led off to Babylon and he was imprisoned there until the day he died.

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me. May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

They put him in a collar with hooks; they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him to prison so that his voice would not be heard any longer on the mountains of Israel.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.

But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there."

Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker's street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening).

They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.

So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord.

At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away. The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

"The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. He has put you in charge in the Lord's temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet. And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck.

Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death.

After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there." Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker's street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph's care because the Lord was with him and whatever he was doing the Lord was making successful.

So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord.

Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison

The officials were very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners.

Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king's presence for the rest of his life.

Say, 'This is what the king says, "Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return."'"

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

Now at that time, the armies of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse attached to the royal palace of Judah.

Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying, "Release those men." The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace."

He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand,

Say, 'This is what the king says, "Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return."'"

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me.

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

But Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"

On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison."

So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening).