Bible Verses About Prison
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for prison, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,804 votes, led by Matthew 25:36. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Prison
Matthew 25:36139 votes
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Isaiah 61:1136 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;
Hebrews 13:3133 votes
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Ezra 7:2699 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 69:3378 votes
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Leviticus 24:1260 votes
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.
2 Timothy 2:958 votes
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
Revelation 2:1035 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.
Numbers 15:3433 votes
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
2 Corinthians 6:531 votes
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
Philippians 1:2731 votes
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Isaiah 40:28-3129 votes
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Psalms 34:1823 votes
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms 31:1-2422 votes
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Jeremiah 52:1122 votes
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Psalms 79:1119 votes
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
2 Corinthians 3:1719 votes
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Psalms 142:718 votes
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Acts 21:13-1718 votes
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
James 2:518 votes
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Zechariah 6:1-1517 votes
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
Luke 22:3317 votes
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
Jonah 2:616 votes
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
Matthew 11:216 votes
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
Acts 14:22-2316 votes
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
What does the Bible say about prison?
Readers most often cite Matthew 25:36 on the subject of prison. Across 1,804 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 61:1, Hebrews 13:3, Ezra 7:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.