40 Bible Verses about jail

Continue to remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them, as well as those who are mistreated, since they also are only mortal.

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

arrested Joseph, and locked him up in the same prison where the king's prisoners were confined. So Joseph remained there in prison.

Because of it I am experiencing trouble, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. However, God's word is not chained.

Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court, or your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.

"But before all these things take place, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and led them out. The angel told them,

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God for him was being offered by the assembly.

Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

So he released the man who had been put in prison for revolt and murder the man whose release they continued to demand but he let them have their way with Jesus.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

For example, when you go with your opponent in front of a ruler, do your best to settle with him on the way there. Otherwise, you will be dragged in front of the judge, and the judge will hand you over to an officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.

But he refused and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt.

Break me out of this prison, so I can give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will deal generously with me. A Davidic Song

The former can come out of prison to reign, while the latter, even if born to kingship, may become poor.

Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples

Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened.

The officials were angry with Jeremiah and beat him. They put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe because they had made it into a prison.

That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

But Paul told the guards, "The magistrates have had us beaten publicly without a trial and have thrown us into jail, even though we are Roman citizens. Now are they going to throw us out secretly? Certainly not! Have them come and escort us out."

arrested the apostles, and put them in the city jail.

Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit assures me that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.

I was a stranger, and you didn't welcome me. I was naked, and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on his side, woke him up, and said, "Get up quickly!" His chains fell from his wrists.

to open blind eyes and to bring out those who are bound from their cells, and those sitting in darkness from prison.

You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.

Then Joseph locked them all together in prison for three days.

When he arrested Peter, Herod put him in prison and turned him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, planning to bring him out to the people after Passover season.

So the prison warden entrusted into Joseph's care all the prisoners who were confined in prison. Whatever they did, Joseph was in charge of the work detail.

When the thousand years are over, Satan will be freed from his prison.

Added to all this, Herod locked John up in prison.

But this is a people who have been robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become prey, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, "Send them back!'

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

But keep me in mind when things go well for you. Be sure to extend kindness to me by remembering me to Pharaoh. Bring me out of this prison,

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee.

since John had not yet been thrown into prison.

When the Temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,