25 Bible Verses about Instrumentalists

Sing to him a new song; make cheerful playing with a loud noise.

And his brother's name Jubal; he was father of all laying hold of the harp and pipe.

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall sound with the trumpets; and they were to you for a law forever to your generations.

And the builders, a man his sword being girded upon his loins, and building. And he striking upon the trumpet near me.

And saying, We played the flute to you, and ye moved not; we lamented to you and ye lamented not.

And the voice of harp players, and musicians, and flute players, and trumpeters, should be heard in thee no more; and every artist of every art be found no more in thee; and the voice of the millstone should be heard no more in thee;

Will our lord now say to thy servants before thee, Seek out a man knowing to play upon the harp: and it was in the evil spirit of God being upon thee, and he playing with the hand and doing good to thee.

And Saul will say to his servants, See, now, a man to me being good to play, and bring to me.

And one of his boys will answer and say, I saw a son to Jesse of the House of Bread, knowing to play, mighty of strength, and a man of war, and discerning the word, and a man of figure, and Jehovah with him.

And it was in the spirit of God being upon Saul, and David took the harp and played with his hand, and it was refreshed to Saul, and it was good to him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And it will be on the morrow, and the evil spirit of God will fall upon Saul, and he will prophesy in the midst of the house: and David playing with his hand as the day to day: and a spear in Saul's hand.

And the evil spirit of Jehovah will be upon Saul, and he will sit in his house, and his spear in his hand: and David playing with his hand.

And now take to me a player on an instrument And it was when the player played, and the hand of Jehovah will be upon him.

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder: and I heard the voice of harp-players playing on their harps:

And these whom David set up over the hands of song of the house of Jehovah from the resting of the ark And they will be serving before the dwelling of the tent of appointment in song even till Solomon built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they will stand according to their judgment over their service. And these standing and their sons. From the sons of the Kohathites: Heman singing, son of Joel, son of Samuel,read more.
Son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, Son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, Son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, Son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, Son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. And his brother Asaph standing at his right hand, Asaph the son of Berachiah the son of Shimea, The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, The son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, Son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. And the sons of Merari their brethren at the left: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, Son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, Son of Amzi, son of Bath, son of Shamer, Son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. And their brethren the Levites being given to all the service of the dwelling of the house of God.

And David will say to the chiefs of the Levites to cause their brethren to stand singing with every instrument of song, lyres and harps, and cymbals, causing to hear to lift up with the voice for joy.

And those singing, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to cause to hear; And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lyres upon Alemoth;

Asaph the head, and his second, Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: and Jeiel with instruments of lyres and harps; and Asaph with trumpets causing to hear; And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals to cause to hear, and instruments of song of God. And the sons of Jeduthun at the gate.

And four thousand gate keepers, and four thousand praising to Jehovah with instruments which I made to praise.

And David will separate, and the chiefs of the army, for service to the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, prophesying with harps, with lyres and with cymbals: and there will be their number of men of work for their service.

All these upon the hands of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the service of the house of God, upon the hands of the king, Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman. And their number will be with their brethren teaching the song to Jehovah, all having understanding, two hundred eighty and eight And they will cast lots from the watches near, as the small so the great, he understanding with him taught

And Jesus having come into the ruler's house, and seeing the flute players and the crowd making an uproar,

And the Levites, those singing to all them to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to then some and their brethren; being clothed with byssus, with cymbals and with lyres and harps, standing from the sunrising to the altar, and with them the priests to a hundred and twenty, trumpeting with trumpets:) And it will be as one to those trumpeting and to those singing, to cause one voice to be heard to praise and to confess to Jehovah; and when lifting up the voice with the trumpets and with the cymbals and with the instruments of the song, and with praising to Jehovah, For he is good, for his mercy is forever: and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of Jehovah;

And the men doing in the work in faithfulness: and over them being appointed Jahath and Obadiah the Levites from the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam from the sons of the Kohathites to superintend; and the Levites all understanding in instruments of song.