Bible Verses about “music in worship”
The Bible contains 25 verses about music in worship across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”
“Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.”
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”
“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
“¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.”
“Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.”
“Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.”
“Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.”
“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;”
“‹God› [is] ‹a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship› [him] ‹in spirit and in truth.›”
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
“Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.”
“Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.”
“¶ A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.”
“Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.”
“And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.”
“¶ O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.”
“¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.”
“Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.”
“And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.”
“I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.”
“My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.”
“And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.”
“But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.”