Amos 6:5

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Amos 6:5

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

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Amos 5:23

Amos 8:3

1 Chronicles 23:5

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Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made,'said David , to praise therewith.

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They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.