Bible Verses About Music

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”

“Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.”

“Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.”

“Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!”

“When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.”

“He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

“What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.”

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”

“Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.”

“Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.”

“It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.”

“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.”

“The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud”

“Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.”

“You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.”

“I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You —”

“My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.”

“Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.”

“And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.”

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”

“A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.”

“The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.”

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.”

“Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.”

“Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.”

“Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”

“David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.”

“A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.”

“At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.”

“4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

“Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.”

“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”

“Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”

“When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.”

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

“For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.”

“When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”

“For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.”

“But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha”

“What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.”

“A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.”

“The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.”

“And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.”

“Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

“Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds— His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.”

“The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.”

“These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.”

“Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.”

“GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights!”