Topic
Insanity
13 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 28:28Nave Sent as a judgment from God
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
- 1 Samuel 16:14Nave Demoniacal — Saul
¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
- 1 Samuel 18:10Nave Demoniacal — Saul
¶ 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.
- 1 Samuel 21:13–15Nave Feigned by David
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. Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye…
- Proverbs 26:18Nave General scriptures concerning
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
- Daniel 4:32–34Nave Nebuchadnezzars
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…
- Zechariah 12:4Nave Sent as a judgment from 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.
- Matthew 4:24Nave Cured by Jesus
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.
- Matthew 17:15Nave Cured by Jesus
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.
- Mark 3:21Nave Jesus accused of
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
- John 10:20Nave Jesus accused of
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
- Acts 26:24Nave Paul's alleged
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
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- Acts 26:25 Nave Paul's alleged
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 13 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.