Bible Verses About Prison
64 Scriptures on Prison




Verses About Prison

1 Kings 22:27

Say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."'"

1 Peter 3:19

in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 18:26

and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace."'"

2 Kings 17:4

The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

2 Kings 25:27

It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

2 Kings 25:29

and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:



Acts 12:17

But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.

Acts 12:4

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

Acts 12:5

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

Acts 12:6

The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

Acts 16:23

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

Acts 16:24

who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

Acts 16:26

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.



Acts 16:27

The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"

Acts 16:40

They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.

Acts 5:19

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

Acts 5:21

When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Acts 5:22

But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

Acts 5:23

"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"



Acts 5:25

One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."

Acts 8:3

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Genesis 39:20

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

Genesis 39:21

But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

Genesis 39:22

The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it.

Genesis 39:23

The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.



Genesis 40:3

He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Genesis 40:4

The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.

Genesis 40:5

They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

Genesis 42:19

If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

Isaiah 24:22

They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

Isaiah 42:7

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

Jeremiah 37:15

The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.



Jeremiah 37:18

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

Jeremiah 37:4

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

Jeremiah 52:11

He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.

Jeremiah 52:31

It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;

Jeremiah 52:33

and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:

John 3:24

For John was not yet thrown into prison.

Judges 16:21

The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.




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