41 Bible Verses about Imprisonments

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

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

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

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

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.

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.

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

Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community. They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to 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 time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.

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

So Jeremiah remained confinedThe following events occurred when Jerusalem was captured.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

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 the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden. The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.

But remember me when it goes well for you, and show me kindness. Make mention of me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this prison, for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon."

One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!" He imprisoned them all for three days.

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

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

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. For King Zedekiah had confined Jeremiah there after he had reproved him for prophesying as he did. He had asked Jeremiah, "Why do you keep prophesying these things? Why do you keep saying that the Lord says, 'I will hand this city over to the king of Babylon? I will let him capture it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king's presence for the rest of his life.

Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king's son.

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

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.

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

If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

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.

It happened at midnight -- the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison?

Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?"'