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Bible Verses About dancing in church
12 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about dancing in church? Browse 12 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Psalms 149:3 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. in: or, with the pipe” |
12 Key Scriptures
“Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. in: or, with the pipe”
Psalms 149:3KJV
“Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. dance: or, pipe”
Psalms 150:4KJV
“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;”
Psalms 30:11KJV
“And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.”
“Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.”
Luke 15:25KJV
“Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise ye: Heb. Hallelujah”
Psalms 150:1KJV
“And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.”
Exodus 15:20KJV
“Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. tabrets: or, timbrels”
“And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. beside: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself”
Judges 11:34KJV
“And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. Philistine: or, Philistines instruments: Heb. three stringed instruments”
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