Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'prison' occurs 172 times in the standard works.

77 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'prison' in the standard works and contain 44.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 34 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 14:22-29 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 39:20-40:3 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Acts 16:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 5:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Acts 12:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 20:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 14:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 42:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 18 65
Gen. 10 2 12
Num. 0 1 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 1 4 5
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 6 6 12
Jer. 19 0 19
Lam. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 43 25 68
BM 73 72 145
DC 7 1 8
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 172 116 288

Jer. 29:26
The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Jer. 32:2
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

Jer. 32:8
So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Jer. 32:12
And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

Jer. 33:1
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

Jer. 37:4
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

Jer. 37:15
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

Jer. 37:18
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

Jer. 37:21
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jer. 38:6
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.

Jer. 38:13
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jer. 38:28
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

Jer. 39:14
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

Jer. 39:15
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

Jer. 52:11
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

Jer. 52:31
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

Jer. 52:33
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.