Topic
Prison
35 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 24:12Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
- Numbers 15:34Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
- 1 Kings 22:27Easton · Smith
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- Acts 5:18Easton · Nave Public ward of
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
- Acts 16:24Smith · Nave Cells of
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
- Genesis 39:20–23Easton
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. ¶ But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.…
- Genesis 39:20Nave General scriptures concerning
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.
- Genesis 40:3Smith
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Genesis 42:16–19Nave General scriptures concerning
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. And he put them all together into ward three days. And…
- Genesis 42:17Smith
And he put them all together into ward three days.
- Judges 16:21Easton
¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- Judges 16:25Easton
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
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- 2 Kings 17:4 Easton
- 2 Kings 25:27 Easton
- 2 Kings 25:29 Easton
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 Easton
- Ezra 7:26 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 69:33 Easton
- Psalms 79:11 Easton
- Psalms 142:7 Easton
- Isaiah 42:7 Easton
- Jeremiah 32:2 Easton
- Jeremiah 33:1 Nave Court of
- Jeremiah 35:6–11 Smith
- Jeremiah 52:11 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 11:2 Easton
- Matthew 25:36 Easton
- Matthew 25:43 Easton
- Luke 23:19 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Acts 4:3 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Acts 5:23 Easton
- Acts 8:3 Easton
- Acts 12:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Acts 12:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Acts 23:10 Smith
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 25 references
The first occasion on which we read of a prison is in the history of Joseph in Egypt. Then Potiphar, “Joseph’s master, took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound” (Gen. 39:20-23). The Heb. word here used (sohar) means properly a round tower or fortress. It seems to have been a part of Potiphar’s house, a place in which state prisoners were kept.
The Mosaic law made no provision for imprisonment as a punishment. In the wilderness two persons were “put in ward” (Lev. 24:12; Num. 15:34), but it was only till the mind of God concerning them should be ascertained. Prisons and prisoners are mentioned in the book of Psalms (69:33; 79:11; 142:7). Samson was confined in a Philistine prison (Judg. 16:21, 25). In the subsequent history of Israel frequent references are made to prisons (1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 17:4; 25:27, 29; 2 Chr. 16:10; Isa. 42:7; Jer. 32:2). Prisons seem to have been common in New Testament times (Matt. 11:2; 25:36, 43). The apostles were put into the “common prison” at the instance of the Jewish council (Acts 5:18, 23; 8:3); and at Philippi Paul and Silas were thrust into the “inner prison” (16:24; comp. 4:3; 12:4, 5).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 13 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); 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.