116 Bible Verses about Mental Illness
Want to know what the Bible says about Mental Illness? Here are 116 Bible verses about Mental Illness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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John 3:16 NIV
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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Galatians 6:2 NIV
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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Psalm 31:15 NIV
My times are in your hands;
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
14
Romans 8:38 NIV
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
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Matthew 11:18 NIV
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
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Deuteronomy 7:20 NIV
Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.
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Deuteronomy 28:27-29 NIV
27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured. 28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.
10
1 Samuel 18:10-12 NIV
10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul.
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1 Samuel 21:12-15 NIV
12 David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath. 13 So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.
14 Achish said to his servants, “Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me? 15 Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?”
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Exodus 23:28 NIV
I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
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