Nave’s Topical Bible
Prisoners
83 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Joseph
- Jeremiah
- John the Baptist
- Jesus
Matthew 26:47-75; Matthew 27; Mark 14:43-72; Mark 15; Luke 22:47-71; Luke 23; John 18:3-40; John 19
- The apostles
- Peter
- Paul
Acts 16:19-40; Acts 21:27-40; Acts 22; Acts 23; Acts 24; Acts 25; Acts 26; Acts 27; Acts 28
- Silas
- Required to labor
- Sustained on bread and water of affliction
- In chains
- In stocks
- Confined
- In the court of the palace
- In the house of the scribe
- In the house of the captain of the guard
- Visited by friends
- Bound to soldiers
- Severe hardships of, mitigated
- Cruelty to
See CAPTIVE
- Guards responsible for
- Tortured to extort self-incriminating testimony
- Scourged
Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Acts 16:23,33; 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:23-24
- Permitted to make defense
- Kindness to
- By the prison guard to Jeremiah
- By the Philippian jailer to Paul
- By Felix
- By Julius, the centurion
- To be visited and ministered to
- Released at feasts
- OF WAR
- Put to death
Joshua 10:16-27; 1 Samuel 15:33; 1 Samuel 27:11; 2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Kings 25:7; 1 Chronicles 20:3; Hosea 13:16; Amos 1:13; Lamentations 3:34
- By divine command
- Thumbs and toes cut off
- Blinded
See CAPTIVE
- Consolations for
See CAPTIVE
See IMPRISONMENT
- Put to death
- FIGURATIVE
Bible verses about “Prisoners”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 39:20And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
- Genesis 39:21But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- Genesis 39:22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
- Genesis 39:23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
- Genesis 41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- Genesis 41:2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
- Genesis 41:3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:4And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
- Genesis 41:5And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
- Genesis 41:6And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
- Genesis 41:7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
- Genesis 41:8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
- Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
- Genesis 41:11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
- Genesis 41:12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
- Genesis 41:13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
- Genesis 41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
- Genesis 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
- Genesis 41:17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
- Genesis 41:18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
- Genesis 41:19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
- Genesis 41:20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
- Genesis 41:21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
- Genesis 41:22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
- Genesis 41:23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
- Genesis 41:24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
- Genesis 41:25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
- Genesis 41:26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
- Genesis 41:27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
- Genesis 41:28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
- Genesis 41:30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
- Genesis 41:31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
- Genesis 41:32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- Genesis 41:33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
- Genesis 41:35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
- Genesis 41:36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.