Quotes about Prison

And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and handed Jesus over to their will.