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Want to know what the Bible says about Prisons? Here are 58 Bible verses about Prisons 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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Acts 16:24 NIV
When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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Ezekiel 19:9 NIV
With hooks they pulled him into a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
    so his roar was heard no longer
    on the mountains of Israel.
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Acts 12:6 NIV
The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.
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Jeremiah 29:26 NIV
‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the Lord; you should put any maniac who acts like a prophet into the stocks and neck-irons.
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Psalm 79:11 NIV
May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
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Psalm 102:20 NIV
to hear the groans of the prisoners
    and release those condemned to death.”
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Psalm 105:18 NIV
They bruised his feet with shackles,
    his neck was put in irons,
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2 Kings 25:29 NIV
So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.
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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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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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