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Want to know what the Bible says about Prison? Here are 55 Bible verses about Prison 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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Isaiah 61:1 NIV
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,
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Matthew 25:36 NIV
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
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Hebrews 13:3 NIV
Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
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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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Psalm 69:33 NIV
The Lord hears the needy
    and does not despise his captive people.
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2 Timothy 2:9 NIV
for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.
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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 12:5 NIV
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
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2 Corinthians 6:5 NIV
in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
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Philippians 1:27 NIV
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel
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