Topic
Imprisonment
9 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 39:20Nave Of Joseph
And 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.
- Jeremiah 38:6Nave Of Jeremiah
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
- Matthew 5:26Nave Of debtors
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
- Matthew 11:2Nave Of John the Baptist
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
- Matthew 14:3Nave Of John the Baptist
¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
- Matthew 18:30Nave Of debtors
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
- Acts 5:18Nave Of the Apostles
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
- Acts 12:4Nave Of Peter
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
- Acts 16:24Nave Of Paul and Silas
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
im-priz'-'-n-ment.
See PUNISHMENTS; PRISON.
In the topical indexes
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.