What does the bible say about psychopaths?

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The main characteristics of these people are their faulty or deficient conscience, their duplicity, their insensitivity and, most importantly, their potential to cause great harm to congregations. I said earlier that psychopaths do not respond to conventional treatment. Of course, I also recognize that God can, in principle, cure a psychopath of his personality disorder. But the fact that the radical transformation of the true clinical psychopath is theoretically possible does not change the fact that such transformations rarely, if ever, occur.

This simple fact suggests extreme caution when interacting with psychopaths. One of my favorite books in the Bible is Proverbs, which was attributed to Solomon, king of Israel, son of King David. The reason this becomes a problem is due to the fact that biblical teaching is often taken out of context and used to justify and allow bad behavior in people.

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Reginald Thomson

Reverend Thomson is a pastor and Bible scholar with over 10 years of experience in ministry and biblical studies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies, a Master of Divinity degree. As a Bible scholar, Rev Thomson has published numerous articles and books on various topics in biblical studies, including hermeneutics, exegesis, and biblical theology. He is widely respected for his expertise in the original languages of the Bible, and he is frequently invited to speak at conferences and seminars on biblical scholarship. He loves working with his church youth group. He is a frequent guest on the Scripture for Todaypodcast.