Old Testament

Genesis 3:1-7 - First crime: Adam and Eve disobey God's command

Genesis 3:24 - Police of Eden: cherubim, powerful police with weapons (better than a "Glock")

Genesis 4:8 - First homicide: Cain and Abel

Genesis 34:2 - First rape case: Dinah (daughter of Jacob)

Genesis 37:20 - First conspiracy to commit murder: Joseph's brothers

Genesis 37:24 - First jail: Joseph in a cistern

Genesis 37:31 - Forensics: blood-stained coat

Genesis 37:36; 39:20; 40:3; 41:10 - Top cop: Potiphar, captain of the palace guard

Genesis 40 - Cupbearer: secret service (test the food and provide security)

Genesis 42:17, 24 - House arrest

Numbers 13 - Undercover work: Joshua and Caleb

Joshua 2:1 - Undercover work: spies to search out Jericho

1 Samuel 22:14 - David: bodyguard to King Saul

1 Samuel 26:15 - Abner: personal bodyguard

1 Samuel 28:2 - David: bodyguard to Philistine King Achish

1 Kings 10:5 - Secret Service: cupbearers to Solomon

2 Kings 1:9 - Leadership vs. Management: police sent to take Elijah into custody

2 Kings 11:4-12 - Security force ("United States Secret Service Uniformed Division"): temple police, bodyguards, religious police

1 Chronicles 18:7 - Benaiah: King David's bodyguard

Nehemiah 1:11 - Secret Service: leadership management

Nehemiah 4:9 - Shift work

Nehemiah 7:1-3 - Police protections for a city: gates, gatekeepers, duty, citadel, Police Chief Hananiah

Job 24:1-4, 13-17 - Criminals

Psalm 44:6-8 - Protection not in weapons

Psalm 101 - A police officer's prayer

Proverbs 29:2 - Results of righteousness among police (authority)

Isaiah 9:7 - Justice and righteousness belong together

Isaiah 33:15-16 - Godly police motto

Isaiah 56:10-12 - Lazy and blind police

Isaiah 62:6 - Watchmen on your walls

Jeremiah 40 - Nebuzaradan: good officer

Ezekiel 9:1 - Heavenly Police: spiritual realm, guardian angels over cities, nations, and individual people

Ezekiel 10:12 - Cherubim: heavenly police

Ezekiel 28:14-19 - Satan: was a heavenly guardian cherub but was fired for being a bad cop

Ezekiel 33:2 - Watchman: police guarding a city

Daniel 2:17 - Arioch: commander of the kings guard, good officer

Daniel 3:2 - Sheriffs

Amos 2:6-8 - Corruption and criminal activity

Amos 5:7, 10, 12 - Those opposed to justice and righteousness, accepting of perjury and bribes

Amos 5:15 - Justice and the court system: hate evil, love good

Amos 6:12 - Justice into poison, righteousness into bitterness

Micah 6:8 - Good police motto: justice, mercy, walk humbly with God

Zechariah 9:11 - Jail: waterless pit, cisterns

New Testament

Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10 - Roman officer of Capernaum: Jesus healed servant

Matthew 27:54; Luke 23:47 - Roman officer at the cross

Matthew 27:65 - Police at tomb

Mark 15:16 - Military police from the palace

Luke 3:14 - Honest police

Luke 22:52 - Temple police

John 7:45 - Temple police

John 18:12 - Military police

Acts 4:1 - Military police over the Temple (captain of the guard)

Acts 9:2 - Saul: special deputy

Acts 10 - Cornelius: chief of police

Acts 16:22-30 - Jailer (corrections officer): asks the most important question in the Bible

Acts 16:35 - Court officers

Acts 17:9 - Bonding practice

Acts 17:31 - Jesus as the Supreme Judge

Acts 21:31-32 - Riot police, military police

Acts 24:1 - Tertullus: lawyer (bought and paid for)

Acts 24:22 - Claudius Lysias: police commander in charge of Jerusalem

Acts 25:3 - Festus: in charge of the police, both civilian and military

Acts 27:1-3 - Julius: captain of the imperial regiment

Acts 28:16 - Paul's house arrest

Romans 13:1-5 - Where law enforcement gets its authority

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Heavenly weapons available to Christian police

Ephesians 6:10-20 - Protective gear

Philippians 1:12 - Corrections officer guarding Paul, palace police

Philippians 4:21 - Palace personnel, palace police among them

Revelation 20:1 - Angelic police arrest and detain Satan