Bible Verses About Jail
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for jail, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,591 votes, led by Hebrews 13:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Jail
Hebrews 13:3188 votes
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Acts 8:3151 votes
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
Psalms 69:33137 votes
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Genesis 39:20-23124 votes
And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
Isaiah 42:7124 votes
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Matthew 25:36118 votes
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
1 Peter 3:19101 votes
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
James 1:1295 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Acts 16:23-2693 votes
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
2 Timothy 1:884 votes
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Acts 12:5-783 votes
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Revelation 2:1078 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.
Acts 5:18-2063 votes
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Romans 13:1-1463 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.
Luke 23:1959 votes
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Philippians 1:12-1453 votes
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
1 Corinthians 15:33-3451 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Luke 3:2049 votes
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
Acts 16:25-3449 votes
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Matthew 25:36-4046 votes
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
2 Peter 3:945 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.
Acts 4:344 votes
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Psalms 107:10-1643 votes
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Psalms 146:741 votes
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
2 Corinthians 11:2341 votes
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
What does the Bible say about jail?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:3 on the subject of jail. Across 3,591 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 8:3, Psalms 69:33, Genesis 39:20-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.