Captivity: Bible Verses about Captivity

List of 25 Bible Verses that Reference Bible Verses about Captivity, verse, and description

1. Psalm 146:7 – “The Lord sets prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.”
2. Psalm 79:12 – “Pay them back seven times over for the disgrace they have brought on you, Lord.”
3. Isaiah 61:1 – “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and release to those in darkness.”
4. Isaiah 42:7 – “To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.”
5. Isaiah 49:9 – “Say to the prisoners, ‘Come out!’ And to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’”
6. Hebrews 2:15 – “He [Jesus] is able to help those who are being tempted.”
7. Deuteronomy 30:3 – “The Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you.”
8. Psalm 107:10 – “Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in affliction and irons.”
9. Jeremiah 31:17 – “No more will they be pulled away into captivity, for I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins no more.”
10. Psalm 68:6 – “God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing.”
11. Isaiah 49:25 – “I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.”
12. Psalm 142:7 – “Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.”
13. Psalm 34:22 – “The Lord redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.”
14. Isaiah 49:24 – “Can captives be taken from a mighty man, or the children of the righteous be delivered?”
15. Isaiah 42:22 – “But this is what the Lord says: ‘Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save.”
16. Jeremiah 15:21 – “I will deliver you from the hands of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
17. Isaiah 49:26 – “I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
18. Luke 4:18-19 – “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.”
19. Psalm 126:1-2 – “When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy.”
20. Isaiah 61:1-2 – “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
21. Isaiah 42:6-7 – “I the Lord have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.”
22. Psalm 68:6 – “God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.”
23. Psalm 107:14 – “He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.”
24. Isaiah 49:9 – “Say to the prisoners, ‘Come out’ and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’”
25. Jeremiah 50:33 – “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘The people of Israel are oppressed and the people of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to let them go.”