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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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Jeremiah 32:2 NIV
The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah.
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Acts 28:16 NIV
When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
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Colossians 4:10 NIV
My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.)
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Numbers 15:34 NIV
and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
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Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV
22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Acts 24:23 NIV
He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.
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Jude 1:6 NIV
And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
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Galatians 6:1-2 NIV
6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 11:23 NIV
Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
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Matthew 18:30 NIV
“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
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