What the Bible says about

Imprisonment

9 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,”
Genesis 39:20 BSB
“So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.”
Jeremiah 38:6 BSB
“Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples”
Matthew 11:2 BSB
“Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,”
Matthew 14:3 BSB
“and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.”
Acts 5:18 BSB
“On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.”
Acts 16:24 BSB
“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.”
Acts 12:4 BSB
“Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”
Matthew 5:26 BSB
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