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What Does the Bible Say About Prison?

Here are 9 Bible verses about prison, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Matthew 25:36

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

    BSBI was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

  2. #2Isaiah 61:1

    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;

    BSBThe Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

  3. #3Hebrews 13:3

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

    BSBRemember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

  4. #4Ezra 7:26

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

    BSBIf 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.

  5. #5Psalms 69:33

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

    BSBFor the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

  6. #6Leviticus 24:12

    And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.

    BSBThey placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

  7. #72 Timothy 2:9

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

    BSBfor which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

  8. #8Revelation 2:10

    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.

    BSBDo not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

  9. #9Numbers 15:34

    And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

    BSBand because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

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