1 Samuel 21:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?

Cross References

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes the wise foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

1 Samuel 21:13

So he changed his behavior before them; he pretended to be mad when in their presence. He scratched marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard.

1 Samuel 21:15

Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”