Deuteronomy 28:28

The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 28:34 continues the same curse: being driven mad by what you see, directly amplifying the madness mentioned here.

Deuteronomy 28:37 describes the result of these curses—becoming a horror and byword—not specifically blindness but part of the same judgment list.

Psalm 60:3 Parallel

In Psalm 60:3, the wine of staggering makes the people reel - echoing the confusion of heart in the curse.

Isaiah 6:9 Parallel

Isaiah 6:9 echoes this judgment of spiritual blindness — people hear but do not understand, see but do not perceive.

Isaiah 6:10 Allusion

In Isaiah 6:10, the same command to dull hearts and blind eyes directly parallels the curse of madness and blindness here.

Isaiah 19:11-17 describes God mingling a spirit of confusion in Egypt, mirroring the 'confusion of mind' curse in Deuteronomy.

Jeremiah 4:9 describes leaders' courage failing and prophets being astounded — matching the madness and confusion of mind in this curse.

2 Kings 6:18 shows God striking the Syrian army with blindness—the same divine judgment of blindness as in the curse, but on enemies.

Lamentations 4:14 describes blind wandering in the streets, directly echoing the blindness and confusion of this curse in Jerusalem's fall.

Zephaniah 1:17 says they will walk like the blind because of sin—a clear parallel to the blindness curse here.

Zechariah 12:4 mentions striking horses with madness and riders with blindness—a similar divine judgment using the same terms.

In 1 Samuel 16:14, a harmful spirit from the Lord torments Saul - a form of mental affliction like the madness curse.

Ezekiel 4:17 says they will be appalled and waste away because of iniquity — the appallment echoes the confusion of mind here.