7 Bible Verses about Madness
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the dumb workbeast having spoken with the voice of a man, rebuked the madness of the prophet.
Again there was a schism among the Jews on account of these words. Then many of them were saying, He has a demon, and is gone mad; why do you hear Him? Others were saying, These are not the words of a demonized man. Whether is a demon able to open the eyes of the blind?
And the Pharisees hearing, said, This man casts not out demons, except through Beelzebul the prince of the demons.
And He comes into a house; and the multitude come together again so they are not able to eat bread. And those along with Him hearing came out to arrest Him: for they continued to say, He is beside Himself. And the scribes having come down from Jerusalem were saving, He has Beelzebul and He is casting out the demons through the prince of the demons.
And certain ones of them said, He casts out the demon through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.
And he making his defence to these things, Festus says with a loud voice, O Paul, thou art beside thyself; many writings turned thee into insanity. But Paul says, I am not a maniac, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we have our right minds, it is for you.