Bible Verses About Those in Jail
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for those in jail, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 736 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 Those in Jail
Matthew 25:3654 votes
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
James 1:1254 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.
1 John 1:954 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Hebrews 13:353 votes
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
1 Peter 4:1247 votes
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
James 1:2-435 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
1 Corinthians 10:1330 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
James 5:1328 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Galatians 5:122 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Romans 8:2821 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Hebrews 10:3421 votes
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Psalms 23:1-620 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Romans 10:920 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Psalms 69:3319 votes
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Isaiah 42:719 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.
Romans 12:119 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Philippians 4:1319 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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;
Psalms 146:716 votes
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
2 Corinthians 3:1716 votes
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Titus 2:11-1215 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Galatians 6:114 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
John 3:1613 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1113 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Romans 6:2312 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
What does the Bible say about those in jail?
Readers most often cite Matthew 25:36 on the subject of those in jail. Across 736 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:12, 1 John 1:9, Hebrews 13:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.