3 Bible Verses about Prisons

And when they had passed through the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out, and passed on through one street; and the angel immediately departed from him.

For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; for he had married her.

When we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but Paul was permitted to dwell by himself, with a soldier that guarded him.

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: but when he was in Rome, he sought for me very diligently, and found me. The Lord grant to him, that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day. And in how many things he ministered to me in Ephesus, you know very well.

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all that came to him,

And he commanded the centurion to keep him under guard, and to relax the rigor of his confinement, and to forbid no one of his friends to minister or to come to him.

Now when John had heard in the prison of the works of the Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

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

For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; for he had married her.

But Saul attempted to destroy the church; entering every house, and dragging men and women, he delivered them up to prison.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison till the next day, for it was already evening.

and they laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the public prison.

And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four tetrads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the passover. Therefore, Peter was kept in prison; but fervent prayer to God was made for him by the church.

And he took them at that hour of the night, and washed the blood from their stripes; and he was immersed, himself and all his, immediately. And he brought them into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God, with all his house.

Verily, I say to you, You shall by no means come out thence, till you have paid the last farthing.

And he would not; but went and threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

And having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

And having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, and charged the jailer to keep them securely.

And the jailer, being aroused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

And when the thousand years shall have been completed, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying: Release those men. And the jailer told these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent to release you. Now, therefore, come out, and go in peace.

Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

He, for a certain seditious movement that had been made in the city, and for murder, had been thrown into prison.

But Herod, when he had sought for him, and found him not, examined the keepers, and commanded them to be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarean, and there he remained.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bonds were loosed.

And when they had passed through the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out, and passed on through one street; and the angel immediately departed from him.

And he said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both to prison and to death.

When Herod was about to bring him out, on that night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the doors were guarding the prison.

and they laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the public prison.

When Herod was about to bring him out, on that night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the doors were guarding the prison.

But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison by night, and brought them out, and said:

And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison till the next day, for it was already evening.