What the Bible says about
Madness
10 references · matched from the Berean Standard Bible text · tap any verse for study tools
“So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.”— 1 Samuel 21:13 BSB
“So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.”— Ecclesiastes 1:17 BSB
“Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?”— Ecclesiastes 2:12 BSB
“I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.”— Ecclesiastes 7:25 BSB
“This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.”— Ecclesiastes 9:3 BSB
“The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.”— Ecclesiastes 10:13 BSB
“On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.”— Zechariah 12:4 BSB