40 Bible Verses about jail

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

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

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

in which I suffer ill as an evildoer, even to bonds. But the Word of God is not chained.

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; that the opponent not deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

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

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

Then, indeed, Peter was kept in prison. But earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.

And toward midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God in a hymn. And the prisoners listened to them.

And he released to them the one who had been thrown into prison for sedition and murder, for whom they had asked. But he delivered up Jesus to their will.

And being awakened, and seeing the doors of the prison being open, drawing a sword, the jailer was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

For as you go with your adversary to the judge, give pains in the way to be set free from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into the 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 Your name; the righteous shall gather around me; for You shall reward me.

For out of prison he comes to reign; although in his kingdom he was born poor.

But when John heard in the prison of the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened and all the bonds were loosened.

And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison, the house of Jonathan the scribe. For they had made that the prison.

And when Herod was about to bring him out, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Also guards were keeping the prison before the door.

saying, We indeed found the prison shut with all safety, and the keepers standing outside in front of the doors. But having opened it, we found no one inside.

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, men who are Romans and uncondemned, they threw us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! But coming themselves, let them bring us out.

And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the public custody.

Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried. And you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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

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

And behold! An angel of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the building. And striking Peter's side, he raised him up, saying, Rise up quickly! And his chains fell off his hands.

to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.

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

And he put them together into custody three days.

And capturing him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four sets of four soldiers to keep him; intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

And the keeper of the prison gave all the prisoners in the prison into Joseph's hand. And whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

And when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be loosed out of his prison.

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

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; all of them snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison-houses; they have been taken, and none delivers them; a prize, and none says, Give back.

But Saul ravaged the church, entering into every house. And dragging men and women, he delivered them up to prison.

For I was hungry, and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me no drink;

But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

But when Jesus heard that John was thrown into prison, He went back into Galilee.

For John had not yet been cast into prison.

But having come near, the officers did not find them in the prison. And returning, reported,