1 Corinthians 14:7

Even lifeless things giving a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not distinction to the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

Numbers 10:2-10

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

Matthew 11:17

say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 14:8

For also, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for war?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

Bible References

Things

1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

Except

1 Corinthians 14:8
For also, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for war?
Numbers 10:2
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
Matthew 11:17
say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.
Luke 7:32
They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.