31 Bible Verses about jail

Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison yourselves; remember those who are being ill-treated, since you too are in the body.

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;

But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying,

So Peter was closely guarded in prison, while earnest prayer for him was offered to God by the church.

But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened,

he released the man they wanted, the man who had been imprisoned for riot and murder, and Jesus he handed over to their will.

When the jailer started from his sleep and saw the prison-doors open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing the prisoners had made their escape;

Thus, when you go before the magistrate with your opponent, do your utmost to get quit of him on the way there, in case he hales you before the judge; then the judge will hand you over to the jailer and the jailer will throw you in prison.

But he refused; he went and had him thrown into prison, till he should pay the debt.

Now when John heard in prison what the Christ was doing, he sent his disciples

all of a sudden there was a great earthquake which shook the very foundations of the prison; the doors all flew open in an instant and the fetters of all the prisoners were unfastened.

The very night before Herod meant to have him produced, Peter lay asleep between two soldiers; he was fastened by two chains, and sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

"We found the prison safely locked up with the sentries posted at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one inside!"

But Paul replied, "They flogged us in public and without a trial, flogged Roman citizens! They put us in prison, and now they are going to get rid of us secretly! No indeed! Let them come here themselves and take us out!"

they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison,

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me.

I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.'

But an angel of the Lord flashed on him, and a light shone in the cell; striking Peter on the side he woke him, saying, "Quick, get up!" The fetters dropped from his hands,

You must understand that [our] brother Timotheus is now free. If he comes soon, he and I will see you together.

After arresting him he put him in prison, handing him over to a guard of sixteen soldiers, with the intention of producing him to the People after the passover.

But when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,

crowned all by shutting John up in prison.

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

For I was hungry but you never fed me, I was thirsty but you never gave me drink,

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee; ??13 he left Nazaret and settled at Capharnahum beside the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali

(John had not yet been thrown into prison).

But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report,