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 skip.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then rejoice doth a virgin in a chorus, Both young men and old men -- together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,

2 Samuel 6:14

And David is dancing with all strength before Jehovah, and David is girded with a linen ephod,

Psalm 150:1-6

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. Praise Him in His mighty acts, Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness. Praise Him with blowing of trumpet, Praise Him with psaltery and harp.read more.
Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ. Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting. All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!

Jeremiah 31:4

Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.

Job 21:11

They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

Judges 11:34

And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

Exodus 15:20-21

And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses; and Miriam answereth to them: -- 'Sing ye to Jehovah, For Triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea!'

Psalm 100:1-5

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth. Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing. Know that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.read more.
Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name. For good is Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;

1 Chronicles 15:29

and it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.

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Dancing » Worldly

Job 21:11

They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

Exodus 32:19

And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount;

1 Samuel 30:16

And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

Judges 11:34

And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

Judges 21:21

and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances -- then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin;

Dancing » Before the lord

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;

2 Samuel 6:14

And David is dancing with all strength before Jehovah, and David is girded with a linen ephod,

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

Matthew 14:6

But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

Mark 6:22

and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, 'Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

Dancing » Idolatrous

Exodus 32:25

And Moses seeth the people that it is unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,

Exodus 32:19

And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount;

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