15 occurrences

'Mad' in the Bible

So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

Verse ConceptsInsanityHealthTragedy

And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesBeardsSalivaPretendingWriting On Objects

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

Verse ConceptsMadmen

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleMadmenReckoned Insane

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofEvil SpeakingLossUnceasingContinual HardshipBeing ReprovedUngodly CursingSwearing

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Verse ConceptsAmusements, Evil ResultsStudying InsanityFun

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Verse ConceptsMadmenEffect Of BribesOppressorsDepressionoppressionpressure

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making Drunk

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.

Verse ConceptsMadmenDeposed PriestsExchange Of IndividualsReckoned Insane

A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalWaters Drying Up

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathInsanityAlcoholGoldMadnessWineThings Like Gold

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfAttitudes Of HostilityPersecution, Forms OfRejection Of God, Results OfReward, DivineThe Recompense Of The WickedVisitationProphecy IgnoredCounted As FoolsHating The RighteousKnowing FactsReckoned Insanedistractions

Bible Theasaurus

Crazy (12 instances)
Demented (2 instances)
Distracted (6 instances)
Disturbed (49 instances)
Excited (14 instances)
Feverish (4 instances)
Flaming (51 instances)
Frantic (1 instance)
Insane (11 instances)
Unbalanced (3 instances)
Unrestrained (13 instances)

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