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Want to know what the Bible says about Musicians? Here are 39 Bible verses about Musicians 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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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.
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Ecclesiastes 7:5 NIV
It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person
    than to listen to the song of fools.
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Isaiah 5:12 NIV
They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes and timbrels and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.
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Psalm 150:5 NIV
praise him with the clash of cymbals,
    praise him with resounding cymbals.
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Ezra 3:10 NIV
When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David king of Israel.
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Daniel 3:5 NIV
As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
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Psalm 147:7 NIV
Sing to the Lord with grateful praise;
    make music to our God on the harp.
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Judges 11:34 NIV
When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.
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Job 21:12 NIV
They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.
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