Thematic Bible: Keepers of
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Prisons » Keepers of » Often used severity
When Jeremiah had come into the vaulted cell in the dungeon and had remained there many days,
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Therefore now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my petition come before you and be acceptable and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not die there.”
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Prisons » Keepers of » Sometimes acted kindly
And he took them the same hour of the night and bathed [them because of their bloody] wounds, and he was baptized immediately and all [the members of] his [household]. Then he took them up into his house and set food before them; and he leaped much for joy and exulted with all his family that he believed in God [accepting and joyously welcoming what He had made known through Christ].
But the Lord was with Joseph and extended lovingkindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the warden.
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Prisons » Keepers of » Responsible for the prisoners
After striking them many times [with the rods], they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely.
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When the jailer, shaken out of sleep, saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.
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Prisons » Keepers of » Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to well-conducted prisoners
And the warden of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatsoever was done there, he was in charge of it. The prison warden paid no attention to anything that was in [Joseph's] charge, for the Lord was with him and made whatever he did to prosper.
Prisons » Keepers of » Put to death if prisoners escaped
When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he interrogated the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea [Maritima] and spent some time there.
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Prisons » Keepers of » Strictly guarded the doors
The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison.
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