Prison

For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.

Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

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 look after Me.’

And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”

(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to their will.

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,