Prayer & Worship
Bible Verses About music in church
20 key scriptures
Explore what the Bible says about music in church. This collection of 20 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Psalms 150:1 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise ye: Heb. Hallelujah” |
20 Key Scriptures
“Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise ye: Heb. Hallelujah”
Psalms 150:1KJV
“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
James 5:13KJV
“How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.”
“What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.”
“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.”
“Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.”
Hebrews 2:12KJV
“My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.”
Psalms 71:23KJV
“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
“And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.”
“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.”
2 Samuel 6:5KJV
“Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. of spiritual gifts: Gr. of spirits”
“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.”
Romans 15:9KJV
“And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? sounds: or, tunes”
“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
Matthew 15:9KJV
“Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.”
Psalms 98:5KJV
“Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.”
Amos 5:23KJV
“I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. in: or, your holy days”
Amos 5:21KJV
“And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.”
Exodus 15:21KJV
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
John 6:63KJV
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