Amos 6:5
Who improvise to the sound of the harp—
Like David they have composed songs for themselves—
Isaiah 5:12
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
Amos 5:23
“Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]!
I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.
1 Chronicles 23:5
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?
1 Chronicles 15:16
Then David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers, with instruments of music—harps, lyres, and cymbals—to play loudly and to raise sounds of joy [with their voices].
Job 21:11-12
“They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children skip about.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male singers and female singers, and the delights and pleasures of men—
Amos 8:3
In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”
1 Peter 4:3
For the time already past is [more than] enough for doing what the [unsaved] Gentiles like to do—
Revelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will never again be heard in you, and no skilled artisan of any craft will ever again be found in you, and the sound of the millstone [grinding grain] will never again be heard in you [for commerce will no longer flourish, and normal life will cease].
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“They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children skip about.
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
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“Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]!
I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.
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“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
They do not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.