14 Bible Verses about Dancing

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Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Jeremiah 31:13

Then young women will rejoice and dance along with young men and old men. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them. I will replace their sorrow with joy.

Psalm 150:1-6

Praise Jehovah! Praise God in his holy place. Praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him for his immense greatness. Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments.read more.
Praise him with tambourines and dancing. Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes. Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with crashing cymbals. Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah!

Jeremiah 31:4

I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines and go to the dances of the merrymakers.

Job 21:11

They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around.

Judges 11:34

Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.

Exodus 15:20-21

The prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, danced with tambourines, and followed her. Miriam sang to them: Sing to Jehovah. He has won a glorious victory. He has thrown horses and their riders into the sea.

Psalm 100:1-5

Make a joyful noise (sound) (shout) to Jehovah, all you lands! Serve Jehovah with gladness and come before his presence with a joyful song. Know that Jehovah is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.read more.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courtyard with praise: thank him and bless his name. For Jehovah is good. His loving kindness is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations.

1 Chronicles 15:29

When the Ark of Jehovah's Covenant came to the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out of a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, so she despised him.

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Dancing » Worldly

Job 21:11

They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around.

1 Samuel 30:16

He led David to the Amalekites. They were eating, drinking and celebrating because of what they had taken from Philistia and Judah.

Judges 11:34

Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.

Judges 21:21

When the young women of Shiloh come out to dance during the festival, you come out of the vineyards. Each of you should take a wife by force from among them and take her back to the territory of Benjamin with you.

Dancing » Before the lord

Dancing » Herodias dances in the presence of herod (antipas)

Matthew 14:6

It was Herod's birthday. The daughter of Herodias danced for him and pleased him.

Mark 6:22

When the daughter of Herodias danced for Herod and his guests, she pleased him so much he promised her anything she desired.

Dancing » Idolatrous

Exodus 32:25

Moses saw that the people were naked. Aaron had made them naked to their shame among their enemies.

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