8 Bible Verses about Madmen

Most Relevant Verses

1 Samuel 21:15

Do I have such a shortage of crazy people that you brought this one to act crazy around me? Is this one going to come into my house?”

Proverbs 26:18

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

Proverbs 26:18-28

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!” Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.
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As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being. Smooth lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.
When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,
for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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Proverbs 26:18-19

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”

1 Samuel 21:14-15

“Look! You can see the man is crazy,” Achish said to his servants. “Why did you bring him to me? Do I have such a shortage of crazy people that you brought this one to act crazy around me? Is this one going to come into my house?”

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
and a bribe destroys the mind.

Jeremiah 29:26

‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu came out to his master’s servants, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this crazy person come to you?”

Then he said to them, “You know the sort and their ranting.”

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