Prison

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

• Genesis 39:20 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 42:16–19 Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!” So Joseph imprisoned them for three days, and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this a…
• Leviticus 24:12 They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
• Numbers 15:34 and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.
• Ezra 7:26 If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
• Jeremiah 52:11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
• Luke 23:19 (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
• Acts 4:3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
• Acts 12:4–5 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. So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

Public ward of

• Acts 5:18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Cells of

• Acts 16:24 On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Court of

• Jeremiah 33:1 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:

Dungeon in

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