'Play' in the Bible

His brother was named Jubal; he became the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and the flute.

They got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up to play.

Let our lord order his servants who attend you to look for a man who is skilled in playing the lyre. And then when an evil spirit from God comes on you, he will play and you will be better."

Saul told his servants, "Find a man for me who can play well and bring him to me."

Whenever an evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the lyre and play it. Relief would come to Saul and he would be better, because the evil spirit would leave him.

so he sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, "Please play the role of a mourner, wear the clothes of a mourner, and refrain from using makeup. Act like a woman who's been in mourning for the dead for many days.

David also told the leaders of the descendants of Levi to appoint their relatives as singers, to play musical instruments such as harps, lyres, and cymbals, and to keep sounding aloud with joyful voices.

Hezekiah stationed descendants of Levi in the LORD's Temple to play cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the seer, and Nathan the prophet had directed, because the command to do so was from the LORD through those prophets.

They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,

"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls?

With the lyre, give thanks to the LORD; with the ten stringed harp, play music to him;

with a new song, sing to him; with shouts of joy, play skillfully.

My heart is committed, God, my heart is committed, so I will sing and play music.

I will exalt you among the nations, Lord. I will play music among the nations.

Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.

Then singers, as they play their instruments, will declare, "All my roots are in you." A song. A psalm by the descendants of Korah. According to . An instruction by Heman the Ezrahite.

God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you

The nursing child will play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers' dens.

The LORD will save me, and we will play my music on strings all the days of our lives in the LORD's Temple.

As far as they are concerned, you sing romantic songs with a beautiful voice and play a musical instrument well. They'll listen to what you have to say, but they won't put it into practice!

The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'

Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."