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Want to know what the Bible says about Prisoners? Here are 195 Bible verses about Prisoners from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
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Judges 16:21 NIV
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
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Romans 8:28 NIV
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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Acts 16:26 NIV
Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.
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Genesis 39:22 NIV
So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.
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Matthew 11:2 NIV
When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples
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Hebrews 10:34 NIV
You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
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Acts 5:19 NIV
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.
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Luke 3:20 NIV
Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
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Jeremiah 38:6 NIV
So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
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Ezra 7:26 NIV
Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
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Isaiah 42:22 NIV
But this is a people plundered and looted,
    all of them trapped in pits
    or hidden away in prisons.
They have become plunder,
    with no one to rescue them;
they have been made loot,
    with no one to say, “Send them back.”
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Leviticus 24:12 NIV
They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.
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Acts 16:27 NIV
The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
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Matthew 14:10 NIV
and had John beheaded in the prison.
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Acts 12:10 NIV
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
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Acts 12:19 NIV
19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
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Acts 16:23 NIV
After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
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Isaiah 24:22 NIV
They will be herded together
    like prisoners bound in a dungeon;
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished after many days.
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Genesis 41:14 NIV
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.
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