Bible Verses About Going to Jail
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for going to jail, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 756 votes, led by Romans 13:1-14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Going to Jail
Romans 13:1-1464 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Revelation 2:1060 votes
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
1 John 1:958 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Luke 12:1153 votes
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
Luke 21:1242 votes
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
Genesis 9:628 votes
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Matthew 25:3627 votes
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mark 16:15-1627 votes
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
1 Peter 3:18-2225 votes
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Proverbs 1:1-3324 votes
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 Corinthians 3:1723 votes
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
James 2:14-2622 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Isaiah 61:117 votes
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Ezra 7:2616 votes
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.
Psalms 23:1-616 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Philippians 4:1316 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Joshua 1:815 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Hebrews 13:315 votes
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Ecclesiastes 10:414 votes
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
James 5:1314 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
2 Peter 3:914 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Psalms 69:3313 votes
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Psalms 119:104-10613 votes
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
1 Kings 8:1212 votes
Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Psalms 119:7112 votes
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
What does the Bible say about going to jail?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:1-14 on the subject of going to jail. Across 756 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 2:10, 1 John 1:9, Luke 12:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.