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Going To Jail

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Romans 13:1–14

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Revelation 2:10

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to 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 the crown of life.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Luke 12:11

And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

Mark 16:15–16

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. — read the full passage →

Matthew 25:36

naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Genesis 9:6

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

1 Peter 3:18–22

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 1:1–33

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

James 2:14–26

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Psalms 23:1–6

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Ezra 7:26

And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

James 5:13

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Psalms 119:104–106

Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN. — read the full passage →

Psalms 69:33

For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.

2 Thessalonians 2:14–15

whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:20

and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

1 Kings 8:12

Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

James 1:1–2:26

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 4:15–16

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →

Romans 2:6–8

who will render to every man according to his works: — read the full passage →

Isaiah 49:16

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

1 Peter 4:1

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Colossians 4:18

The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.

Romans 11:17–29

But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree; — read the full passage →

Mark 6:17

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

Genesis 40:3

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

1 John 5:16–17

If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request. — read the full passage →

Acts 23:9–29

And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel? — read the full passage →

Acts 16:1–40

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:9–13

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 33:1–34:22

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying, — read the full passage →

Job 23:8–29:1

Behold, I go forward, but he is notthere; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:4

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Revelation 12:7–9

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angelsgoing forthto war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; — read the full passage →

1 John 3:14–18

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:13–25

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

Hebrews 2:1–3:19

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them. — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 5:12

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Philippians 2:12–13

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

2 Corinthians 10:6

and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.

1 Corinthians 11:1–2

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:1–21

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:13–39

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. — read the full passage →

Romans 2:12–16

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; — read the full passage →

Acts 14:1–28

And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed. — read the full passage →

Acts 12:1–25

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church. — read the full passage →

Acts 4:2–6

being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. — read the full passage →

Acts 3:12–22

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk? — read the full passage →

John 20:19–24

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →

John 15:1–27

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

Luke 21:12–24

But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

Luke 14:11–33

For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. — read the full passage →

Luke 12:4–48

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:20–49

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessedare ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

Luke 1:47–48

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. — read the full passage →

Mark 11:24–25

Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. — read the full passage →

Mark 6:1–56

And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. — read the full passage →

Matthew 24:9–14

Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

Matthew 16:15–19

He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? — read the full passage →

Matthew 13:21–30

yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:21–26

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

Zechariah 6:1–15

And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. — read the full passage →

Joel 2:1–32

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand; — read the full passage →

Daniel 6:1–28

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; — read the full passage →

Daniel 3:1–4:37

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 48:10–51:14

Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 42:1–25

Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 3:1–26

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 27:19–29:26

As in water faceanswerethto face, So the heart of man to man. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 26:3–13

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 20:16–21:16

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 13:8–24

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 3:1–35

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Psalms 145:1–146:10

I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. — read the full passage →

Psalms 119:55–148

I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law. — read the full passage →

Job 42:1–17

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, — read the full passage →

Job 17:1–16

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me. — read the full passage →

Nehemiah 3:1–32

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel. — read the full passage →

Ezra 6:1–22

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. — read the full passage →

2 Chronicles 19:6–11

and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and he is with you in the judgment. — read the full passage →

1 Kings 17:1–18:46

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. — read the full passage →

2 Samuel 9:7–10:12

And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. — read the full passage →

Revelation 2:1–29

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 2:1–4:22

Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Mark 13:1–15:47

And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings! — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 36:1–39:18

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, — read the full passage →

Psalms 30:1–32:11

I will extol thee, O Jehovah; for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. — read the full passage →

Genesis 39:1–45:28

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. — read the full passage →

Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.