Topic
Madness
10 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- John 10:20Easton · Smith
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
- Deuteronomy 28:34Easton
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
- 1 Samuel 21:13Easton
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.
- Ecclesiastes 1:17Easton
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12Easton
¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25Easton
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
- Ecclesiastes 9:3Easton
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.
- Luke 6:11Easton
And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 14:23Easton
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
- 2 Peter 2:16Easton
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
This word is used in its proper sense in Deut. 28:34, John 10:20, 1 Cor. 14:23. It also denotes a reckless state of mind arising from various causes, as over-study (Eccl. 1:17; 2:12), blind rage (Luke 6:11), or a depraved temper (Eccl. 7:25; 9:3; 2 Pet. 2:16). David feigned madness (1 Sam. 21:13) at Gath because he “was sore afraid of Achish.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
mad'-nes.
See MAD, MADNESS.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See INSANITY
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.