Bible Verses about “worldly music”
The Bible contains 23 verses about worldly music across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”
“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”
“Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
“¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
“¶ ‹If ye love me, keep my commandments.›”
“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.”
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].”
“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.”
“‹God› [is] ‹a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship› [him] ‹in spirit and in truth.›”
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
“So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.”
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
“For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”
“And he said unto them, ‹Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.›”
“[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.”