Bible verses about Prisons
Scripture references about Prisons, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Prisons in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Antiquity of: Ge 39:20
- KINDS OF, MENTIONED
- State: Jer 37:21; Ge 39:20
- Common: Ac 5:18
- Dungeons attached to: Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11
- Were under the care of a keeper: Ge 39:21
- USED FOR CONFINING
- Persons accused of crimes: Lu 23:19
- Persons accused of heresy: Ac 4:3; 5:18; 8:3
- Suspected persons: Ge 42:19
- Condemned persons till executed: Le 24:12; Ac 12:4,5
- Enemies taken captive
- Jud 16:21: 2Ki 17:4; Jer 52:11
- Debtors till they paid: Mt 5:26; 18:30
- Persons under the king's displeasure: 1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Mr 6:17
- Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment: Ezr 7:26
- Confinement in, considered a severe punishment: Lu 22:33
- PLACES USED AS
- Court of the king's house: Jer 32:2
- House of the king's scribe: Jer 37:15
- House of the captain of the guard: Ge 40:3
- Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier: Ac 28:16,30; 2Ti 1:16-18
- The king had power to commit to: 1Ki 22:27
- Magistrates had power to commit to: Mt 5:25
- PERSONS CONFINED IN
- Said to be in ward: Le 24:12
- Said to be in hold: Ac 4:3
- Often placed in dungeons: Jer 39:6; Ac 16:24
- Often bound with fetters: Ge 42:19; Eze 19:9; Mr 6:17
- Often chained to two soldiers: Ac 12:6
- Often fastened in stocks: Jer 29:26; Ac 16:24
- Often kept to hard labour
- Jud 16:21
- Often subjected to extreme suffering: Ps 79:11; 102:20; 105:18
- Fed on bread and water: 1Ki 22:27
- Clothed in prison dress: 2Ki 25:29
- Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends: Mt 11:2; 25:36; Ac 24:23
- Might have their condition ameliorated by the king: Jer 37:20,21
- Often executed in: Ge 40:22; Mt 14:10
- The king had power to release from: Ge 40:21
- Magistrates had power to release from: Ac 16:35,36
- KEEPERS OF
- Strictly guarded the doors: Ac 12:6
- Responsible for the prisoners: Ac 16:23,27
- Put to death if prisoners escaped: Ac 12:19
- Often used severity: Jer 37:16,20; Ac 16:24
- Sometimes acted kindly: Ge 39:21; Ac 16:33,34
- Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to
- well-conducted prisoners: Ge 39:22,23
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Deep afflictions: Ps 142:7
- Hell: Re 20:7
- Bondage to sin and Satan: Isa 42:7; 49:9; 61:1