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 do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Except

1 Corinthians 14:8
For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
Numbers 10:2
“Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.
Matthew 11:17
and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Luke 7:32
They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’