The best Bible verses for prisoners include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for prisoners, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed."Galatians 3:23
"Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed."Galatians 3:23
"they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand."Habakkuk 1:9
"Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering."Hebrews 13:3
"They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days."Isaiah 24:22
"The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread."Isaiah 51:14
"The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers."Jeremiah 52:24
"They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."Luke 21:24
"God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land."Psalms 68:6
"May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die."Psalms 79:11
"He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,"Psalms 146:7
"“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison."Matthew 5:25
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,"Isaiah 61:1
Scripture returns to prisoners often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for prisoners are Galatians 3:23, Habakkuk 1:9, Hebrews 13:3. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to prisoners across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for prisoners, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.