272 Bible Verses about Music
Want to know what the Bible says about Music? Here are 272 Bible verses about Music from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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1 Kings 1:40 NIV
And all the people went up after him, playing pipes and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.
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Revelation 5:8-9 NIV
8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
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Psalm 42:1 NIV
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
so my soul pants for you, my God.
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2 Chronicles 29:25-28 NIV
25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments, and the priests with their trumpets.
27 Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the musicians played and the trumpets sounded. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering was completed.
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Psalm 89:1 NIV
I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever;
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
through all generations.
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
through all generations.
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1 Chronicles 25:7 NIV
Along with their relatives—all of them trained and skilled in music for the Lord—they numbered 288.
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Psalm 92:1-3 NIV
92 It is good to praise the Lord
and make music to your name, O Most High,
2 proclaiming your love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp.
and make music to your name, O Most High,
2 proclaiming your love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp.
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Romans 15:9 NIV
and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”
I will sing the praises of your name.”
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Habakkuk 3:19 NIV
The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
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Isaiah 24:8 NIV
The joyful timbrels are stilled,
the noise of the revelers has stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
the noise of the revelers has stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
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