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.
“Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
“But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.”
“Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.”
“Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.”
“Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.”
“Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?”
“If you love me, keep my commandments.”
“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.”
“Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.”
“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!”
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."”
“You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
“Those who are in the flesh can't please God.”
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
“for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.”
“He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an 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.”