Insanity

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.

And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. And Saul had his spear in his hand;

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. — read the full passage →

But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.

And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.

He whose spirit is without restraint Islikea city that is broken down and without walls.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

And he changed his behavior 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. — read the full passage →

Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.

As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,

I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. — read the full passage →

While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee: — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; — read the full passage →

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judæa and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; — read the full passage →

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. — read the full passage →

and thou shalt be driven from men; and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. — read the full passage →

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad. — read the full passage →

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons.

And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying, — read the full passage →

And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →