40 Bible Verses about jail

Remember those that are in bonds as bound with them and those who suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body.

naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison.

in which I suffer trouble, like unto an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

Conciliate with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them forth and said,

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, and the congregation made prayer without unto God for him.

But at midnight as Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them,

And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

And the keeper of the prison, awaking out of his sleep and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou may be delivered from him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name; the righteous shall feast with me; when thou shalt have weaned me.

For he came out of prison to reign, even though he was born poor into his kingdom.

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

then 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 bands were loosed.

Therefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah and smote him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door that kept the prison.

saying, We certainly found the prison shut with all security and the keepers standing outside before the doors, but when we had opened, we found no one within.

But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out in secret? no indeed; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that prisons and tribulations await me.

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shone in the prison, and he smote Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

that thou might open the eyes of the blind, that thou might bring out the prisoners from the prison and those that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.

And he put them all together into prison for three days.

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

And the prince of the house of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison

added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

Therefore this people is robbed and spoiled; all of them shall be snared in holes and hid in prison houses; they shall be for a prey, and no one delivers; for a spoil, and no one saith, Restore.

As for Saul, he made havoc of the congregation ; entering into the houses and dragging out men and women, he committed them to prison.

for I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

Therefore thou shalt think of me within thyself when it shall be well with thee, and show mercy, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh and bring me out of this house;

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he returned to Galilee;

For John was not yet cast into prison.

But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,