30 occurrences in 12 translations

'Imprisonment' in the Bible

When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.'

Verse ConceptsWe Have Sinned

and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this [fellow in] the house of imprisonment and feed him reduced rations of food and water until I come in peace." '"

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRevenge, Examples OfWaters Of AfflictionRepulsive Food

But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and he did not offer tribute to the king of Assyria as [he had] year after year; so the king of Assyria arrested him, and confined him [in] a house of imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsArrestingMessengers Sent OutenvoyConspiraciesImprisonmentsPrisonersTaxationPrisons

It happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month on the twenty-seventh of the month, lifted Evil-Merodach king of Babylon in the year that he became king, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from the house of imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Lifting HeadsPeople Set Free By PeopleKings of judah

So he changed the clothes of his imprisonment, and he ate food continually in his presence all the days of his life.

Verse ConceptsDistinctive Clothing

When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray, we have done evil!'

And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsCivil authoritiesBanishmentGovernmentCivic DutiesImprisonmentsLoyaltyPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMagistratesCitizenshipConfiscationAnarchyJudicial PunishmentBreaking God's Law

to open [the] blind eyes, to bring [the] prisoner out from [the] dungeon, those who sit [in] darkness from [the] house of imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsClarityOvertaken By DarknessHealing Of The BlindGod Freeing CaptivesBlindnessRecoveryBreaking Chainsfreejail

But this [is] a people plundered and looted; all of them are trapped in holes, and they are kept hidden in houses of imprisonment. They have become like plunder, and there is no one who saves; [like] booty, and there is no one who says, "Restore!"

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRescueTrapPrisonscredibilityjail

Now Jeremiah [was] coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him [in] the house of imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsGoing Out And Coming In

So he changed the garments of his imprisonment and he ate food {before him} continually all the days of his life.

Verse ConceptsLifelongDistinctive Clothing

On the fifth day of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's imprisonment in exile,

Verse ConceptsMonth 4

‘Prepare the chain [for imprisonment], for the land is full of bloody crimes [murders committed under the pretense of civil justice] and the city is full of violence.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthChainsFilling PlacesViolenceIron ChainsKilling The InnocentGod's People SinningBreaking Chains

Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?"

Verse ConceptsdaughtersCripplesevil, origins ofPainRescueSatan, Defeat OfSatan, Kingdom OfBindingSatan, Work Of15 To 20 YearsChildren Of AbrahamOn The SabbathJesus Healing On Sabbath

I found that, although he was charged with questions about their Law, there was no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersAccusations, Against Early ChristiansPeople Accusing PeopleTaking The Law To Heart

As they were leaving, they began to say to each other, "This man hasn't been doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment."

and to Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen, who once shared my imprisonment. They are of note among the Apostles, and are Christians of longer standing than myself.

Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionWomenBeforeRelativesChristians Are Called Prisoners Of Christ

Now I want you to know, believers, that what has happened to me [this imprisonment that was meant to stop me] has actually served to advance [the spread of] the good news [regarding salvation].

Verse ConceptsBeneficial Affliction In Furthering The GospelAfflictions, Benefits OfGrowth In ProclamationThe Gospel PreachedServingEverything Happening For A ReasonSpreading The Gospelpartnershiptrails

so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is in the cause of Christ.

Verse ConceptsGuards

Most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my imprisonment and dare even more to speak the message fearlessly.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofBoldness, Comes FromThose Not FearingPeople Encouraging OthersEncouraging OthersBoldnessfearlessencouraging

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedWritingSalutationsWriting The New Testament

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

for which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned.

Verse ConceptsChainsPersecution Of The Apostle PaulSufferingThe Word Of GodHardshipjail

appeal to you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsChildren In The FaithUseful People

I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place.

Verse ConceptsSuffering For The GospelServing Individuals

Bible Theasaurus

Captivity (174 instances)
Confinement (8 instances)
Imprisonment (30 instances)

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