Bible Verses About Prisons

Yosef's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept; and there he was in the prison.

But ADONAI was with Yosef, showing him grace and giving him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

The prison warden made Yosef supervisor of all the prisoners in the prison; so that whatever they did there, he was in charge of it.

The prison warden paid no attention to anything Yosef did, because ADONAI was with him; and whatever he did, ADONAI prospered.

So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, in the same place where Yosef was kept.

He restored the chief cupbearer back to his position, so that he again gave Pharaoh his cup.

But he hanged the chief baker, as Yosef had interpreted to them.

If you are upright men, let one of your brothers remain incarcerated in the prison you're being kept in, while you go and carry grain back to relieve the famine in your homes.

They put him under guard until ADONAI would tell them what to do.

So the P'lishtim seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to 'Azah. There they bound him with two bronze chains and put him to work grinding grain at the mill in the prison.

Say, 'The king says to put this man in prison; and feed him only bread and water, and not much of that, until I return in peace.'"

But the king of Ashur found that Hoshea was conspiring [against him] - he had sent messengers to So the king of Egypt and not paid his tribute to the king of Ashur, as he had previously done every year. For this the king of Ashur imprisoned him, putting him in chains.

So Y'hoyakhin no longer had to wear prison clothes; moreover, he was provided with food as long as he lived;

But Asa became angry at the seer; in fact, because of his rage at him over this matter he threw him in prison. Moreover, at the same time, he mistreated some of the people.

Whoever refuses to obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him swiftly, whether it be death, banishment, confiscation of goods or imprisonment."

Let the groaning of the captives come before you; by your great strength save those condemned to death.

to listen to the sighing of the prisoner, to set free those who are sentenced to death,

They shackled his feet with chains, and they bound him in irons;

Lead me out of prison, so that I can give thanks to your name; in me the righteous will be crowning themselves, because you will have treated me generously.

so that you can open blind eyes, free the prisoners from confinement, those living in darkness from the dungeon.

to say to the prisoners, 'Come out!' to those in darkness, 'Show yourselves!' They will feed along the paths, and all the high hills will be their pastures.

The Spirit of Adonai ELOHIM is upon me, because ADONAI has anointed me to announce good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted; to proclaim freedom to the captives, to let out into light those bound in the dark;

Your letter said, "ADONAI has made you cohen in place of Y'hoyada the cohen, in order to have officials in ADONAI's house who will arrest any crazy person who makes himself out to be a prophet, so that you can restrain him in stocks and collar.

At that time the army of the king of Bavel was besieging Yerushalayim; and Yirmeyahu the prophet was imprisoned in the guards' quarters attached to the king of Y'hudah's palace,

The officials, furious with Yirmeyahu, had him beaten and jailed in the house of Y'honatan the secretary, which had been made over into a prison.