40 Bible Verses about jail

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

and Joseph's lord taketh him, and putteth him unto the round-house, a place where the king's prisoners are bound; and he is there in the round-house.

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

'Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,

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

and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;

and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!

For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all -- the bands were loosed;

and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house -- the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,

saying -- 'The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened -- within we found no one.'

and Paul said to them, 'Having beaten us publicly uncondemned -- men, Romans being -- they did cast us to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'

and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the buildings, and having smitten Peter on the side, he raised him up, saying, 'Rise in haste,' and his chains fell from off his hands.

To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.

Know ye that the brother Timotheus is released, with whom, if he may come more shortly, I will see you.

and he removeth them unto charge three days.

whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

and the chief of the round-house giveth into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who are in the round-house, and of all that they are doing there, he hath been doer;

And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,

added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

And this is a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, 'Restore.'

and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

'Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee) kindness with me, and hast made mention of me unto Pharaoh, then hast thou brought me out from this house,

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

for John was not yet cast into the prison --

and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,