Jail

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. — read the full passage →

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

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.

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: — read the full passage →

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. — read the full passage →

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall 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 a crown of life.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. — read the full passage →

(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. — read the full passage →

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. — read the full passage →

Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. — read the full passage →

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

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; — read the full passage →

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, — read the full passage →

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. — read the full passage →

But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

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

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? — read the full passage →

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. — read the full passage →

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

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.

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. — read the full passage →

And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. — read the full passage →

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

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

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. — read the full passage →

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. — read the full passage →

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? — read the full passage →

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;

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: — read the full passage →

The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

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

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: — read the full passage →

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

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. — read the full passage →

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: — read the full passage →

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

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. — read the full passage →

Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. — read the full passage →

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. — read the full passage →

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; — read the full passage →

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; — read the full passage →

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. — read the full passage →

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her. — read the full passage →

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, — read the full passage →

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. — read the full passage →

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? — read the full passage →

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? — read the full passage →

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.

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country. — read the full passage →

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.