Insanity

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

And many of them said, He hath a devil, 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.

Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

And when his friends heard of 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 the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s 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 how to perform that which is good I find not. — read the full passage →

But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

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

And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

This is an evil among all things that are 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 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. — read the full passage →

Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

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

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

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

I will bless the Lord 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 have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — 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 →

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

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

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

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

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

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; — read the full passage →

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

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.

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which 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 hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. — read the full passage →

And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee 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 →

But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.

Ye are of God, 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 spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. — read the full passage →

But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

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

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

As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed 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 hairs were 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →