Bible Verses about “going to jail”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.”

“¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”

“¶ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.”

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”

“Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.”

“For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.”

“For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:”

“Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.”

“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.”

“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.”

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].”

“¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.”

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”

“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,”

“And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?”

“Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.”

“And he said unto them, ‹Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.›”

“¶ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”

“¶ The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:”

“¶ What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?”

“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”

“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”

“‹He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.›”

“Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.”

“‹Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.›”

“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”

“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”

“By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;”

“Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.”

“Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.”

“¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?”

“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”

“And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.”

“Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?”

“Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?”

“Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?”

“For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”

“A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”

“¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:”

“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],”

“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.”

“For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.”

“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”

“‹Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast› [some] ‹of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.›”

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”

“But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:”

“I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;”