40 Bible Verses about jail

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.

naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’

So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.

for which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned.

Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.

“Bring my soul out of prison,
So that I may give thanks to Your name;
The righteous will surround me,
For You will deal bountifully with me.”

For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him, and they put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which they had made into the prison.

On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.”

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.”

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

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.

To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

Take notice that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you.

So he put them all together in prison for three days.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people.

The chief jailer committed to Joseph’s charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it.

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,

Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.

But this is a people plundered and despoiled;
All of them are trapped in caves,
Or are hidden away in prisons;
They have become a prey with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Give them back!”

But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would 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;

Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee;

for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,