Quotes about Prisoners
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
— Acts 16:25
And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
— Genesis 39:22
Jesus thought he was anointed by God to proclaim the gospel to the poor and to proclaim freedom for prisoners and recovered sight for the blind and to set the oppressed free. This is why he came.
— Scot McKnight
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
— Psalm 107:10
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
— Isaiah 24:22
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
— Hebrews 13:3
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
— Jeremiah 52:26
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
— Zechariah 9:11
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
— Habakkuk 1:9
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
— Acts 9:21
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
— Nelson Mandela
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
— Acts 27:1