40 Bible Verses about jail
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Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.
I was naked and you clothed Me;
I was sick and you took care of Me;
I was in prison and you visited Me.’
and had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.
I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.
Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.
But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail during the night, brought them out, and said,
So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.
When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.
As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won’t drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
But he wasn’t willing. On the contrary, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.
Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.
For he came from prison to be king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.
When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent a message by his disciples
Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the jail were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains came loose.
The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”
But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to smuggle us out secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out!”
Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
I was a stranger
and you didn’t take Me in;
I was naked
and you didn’t clothe Me,
sick and in prison
and you didn’t take care of Me.’
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him up and said, “Quick, get up!” Then the chains fell off his wrists.
in order to open blind eyes,
to bring out prisoners from the dungeon,
and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon enough, he will be with me when I see you.
After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there.
But this is a people plundered and looted,
all of them trapped in holes
or imprisoned in dungeons.
They have become plunder
with no one to rescue them
and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”
Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
For I was hungry
and you gave Me nothing to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me nothing to drink;
But when all goes well for you, remember that I was with you. Please show kindness to me by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this prison.
But when the temple police got there, they did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,
