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.
“Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,”
“Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!”
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.”
“Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!”
“speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
“Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!”
“Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!”
“Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!”
“Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!”
“giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;”
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."”
“Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.”
“Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!”
“Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.”
“Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!”
“Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!”
“and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name."”
“Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!”
“But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.”
“saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."”
“David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of [instruments made of] fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.”
“I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.”
“My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!”
“When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”
“But now bring me a minstrel." It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.”