8 Bible Verses about Madmen
Most Relevant Verses
Am I lacking madmen that you bring me this one to act like a madman around me? Shall this one come into my house?"
Like the maniac who shoots fiery darts and deadly arrows that's what someone is like who lies to his neighbor and then says, "I was joking, wasn't I?" Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.read more.
Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife. The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within. A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are. Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself. Though he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart. Though malice disguises itself with deception, its evil will be exposed publicly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Like the maniac who shoots fiery darts and deadly arrows that's what someone is like who lies to his neighbor and then says, "I was joking, wasn't I?"
Achish told his officials, "Look, you see a person acting like a madman. Why'd you bring him to me? Am I lacking madmen that you bring me this one to act like a madman around me? Shall this one come into my house?"
The LORD made you a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest to serve in the LORD's Temple as an official against every crazy prophet, and to put him in stocks and restraints.
As Jehu was coming out to his master's attendants, one of them asked him, "Is everything all right? Why did this maniac visit you?" "You know the man and how he speculates," Jehu replied.
