The word in Scripture

Prison in the Bible

The word prison appears 90 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Prison is confinement and bondage that God enters to free. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What prison means in the Bible

Prison is confinement and bondage that God enters to free.

Where the word prison appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word prison appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.”Isaiah 42:7

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;”Isaiah 61:1

“For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.”Matthew 14:3

“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”Matthew 25:36

“And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.”Luke 22:33

“(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)”Luke 23:19

“For John was not yet cast into prison.”John 3:24

“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,”Revelation 20:7