2 Peter 2:16

New American Bible - revised edition

but he received a rebuke for his own crime: a mute beast spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

Cross References

Acts 26:11

Many times, in synagogue after synagogue, I punished them in an attempt to force them to blaspheme; I was so enraged against them that I pursued them even to foreign cities.

Luke 16:11

If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?

Hosea 9:7

They have come, the days of punishment! they have come, the days of recompense! Let Israel know it! “The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad!” Because your iniquity is great, great, too, is your hostility.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Among all the things that are done under the sun, this is the worst, that there is one lot for all. Hence the hearts of human beings are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts during life; and afterward—to the dead!

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned my heart toward knowledge; I sought and pursued wisdom and its design, and I recognized that wickedness is foolishness and folly is madness. Critique of Advice on Women.

Psalm 39:11

Take your plague away from me; I am ravaged by the touch of your hand.