1 Samuel 21:15

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Achish said to his servants, 'Look at this man! He’s insane! Why bring him to me?

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  • 1 Sam 21:10-14
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    91%

    10The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.'

    11David got up and fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to Achish the king of Gath.

    12The servants of Achish said to him, 'Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances, saying, "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands"?'

    13David took these words to heart and was very afraid of Achish king of Gath.

    14So he changed his behavior before them and acted like a madman in their presence. He made marks on the doors of the gate and let saliva run down his beard.

  • 1 Sam 29:3-4
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    3The Philistine commanders asked, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish replied to the Philistine commanders, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me for days or years? I have found no fault in him from the day he defected to me until now."

    4But the Philistine commanders were angry with him and said to him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he might become our adversary during the fighting. How better to regain his master's favor than with the heads of our men?

  • 1 Sam 29:6-8
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    6So Achish called David and said to him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your conduct with me in the camp has been good in my eyes. I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the rulers don’t approve of you.

    7Now turn back and go in peace, so you don’t displease the Philistine rulers.

    8David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I first came to you until now, that I may not go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"

  • Prov 26:18
    67%

    18Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

  • 1 Sam 26:18-19
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    18And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand?

    19Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD, because they have driven me out today to prevent me from having a share in the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

  • Eccl 2:2
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    2I said of laughter, 'It is madness,' and of joy, 'What does it accomplish?'

  • 1 Sam 17:8
    67%

    8Goliath stood and called out to the ranks of Israel, saying, 'Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.'

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    67%

    29David replied, 'What have I done now? Was it not just a question?'

  • John 10:20
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    20Many of them were saying, 'He has a demon and is insane. Why listen to him?'

  • 1 Sam 16:16-17
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    16Let our lord command your servants here to search for someone who can skillfully play the lyre. When the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he will play it, and you will feel better."

    17So Saul said to his servants, "Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me."

  • 1 Sam 28:15
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    15Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed. The Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, not by prophets or by dreams. Therefore, I have called upon you to tell me what I should do."

  • 1 Sam 25:21
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    21David had just been saying, "It’s been for nothing that I guarded everything belonging to this man in the wilderness. Nothing was missing, yet he has repaid me evil for good.

  • 1 Sam 30:15
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    15David asked him, "Can you lead me to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor hand me over to my master, and I will lead you to them."

  • 1 Sam 21:1-2
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    66%

    1David got up and left, while Jonathan returned to the city.

    2David went to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met David and said to him, 'Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?'

  • Acts 26:24
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    24While Paul was making his defense, Festus said loudly, 'You are out of your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane.'

  • 1 Sam 27:5
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    5Then David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the country towns, so that I may live there. Why should your servant remain living in the royal city with you?"

  • 1 Sam 27:12
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    12Achish trusted David and thought, "He has made himself utterly detestable to his own people Israel, and he will be my servant forever."

  • Job 6:22
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    22Have I said, ‘Give to me,’ or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?

  • 1 Sam 17:43
    66%

    43The Philistine said to David, 'Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?' And he cursed David by his gods.

  • 1 Sam 25:11
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    11Should I take my bread, my water, and the meat I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men from who knows where?"

  • Mark 3:21
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    21When His family heard about this, they went out to take charge of Him, saying, "He is out of His mind."

  • Judg 19:22-23
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    22While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."

    23The owner of the house went out to them and said, "No, my brothers, do not commit such an evil act. Since this man has come into my house, do not do this disgraceful act.

  • 1 Sam 21:8
    66%

    8Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief shepherd.

  • 1 Sam 23:11
    65%

    11Will the leaders of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? LORD, God of Israel, please tell your servant." And the LORD answered, "He will come down."

  • 2 Sam 14:15
    65%

    15Now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king—perhaps the king will grant the request of his servant.

  • 1 Sam 19:15
    65%

    15Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, 'Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him.'

  • 1 Sam 28:1
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    1In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies to wage war against Israel, and Achish said to David, "You surely know that you and your men will go out with me in the army."

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    65%

    14But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

  • 2 Kgs 9:11
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    11When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, 'Is everything alright? Why did this madman come to you?' He replied, 'You know the sort of man and his babble.'

  • 2 Sam 19:28
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    28'Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God, so do what seems good to you.'

  • Jer 29:26
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    26The LORD has appointed you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be in charge of the house of the LORD for every madman who acts as a prophet, and you should put such a person in the stocks and neck-irons.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    65%

    13Saul said to him, 'Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has risen against me to lie in wait, as he does today?'

  • 1 Sam 22:15
    65%

    15Was this the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse me or any of my father's family, for your servant knows nothing about this whole affair—whether great or small.'

  • 2 Sam 16:10
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    10But the king replied, "What does this have to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord told him to curse David, who can ask, 'Why did you do this?'"

  • Job 19:15
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    15The guests in my house and my maidservants regard me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes.

  • Job 17:6
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    6He has made me a byword among the peoples, and I have become one at whom they spit.

  • 2 Sam 13:13
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    13What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And you would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not withhold me from you.

  • Job 21:28
    64%

    28For you say, 'Where is the house of the noble? Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

  • 2 Sam 19:22
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    22But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, 'Shouldn't Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed the LORD's anointed!'