Bible Verses About Musicians

“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.”

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

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

“Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!”

“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.”

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

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

“I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments— harps, lyres, and cymbals.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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?”

“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”

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

“And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.”

“Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.”

“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.”

“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.”

“As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.”

“God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”