Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
General references
Bible References
To the
Genesis 31:27
Why didst thou flee away secretly and steal away from me and didst not tell me that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs with tambourine and with harp?
Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock of sheep, and their children dance.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I gathered unto myself also silver and gold and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I obtained men singers and women singers and all the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and those of all sorts.
Isaiah 5:12
And the harp and the viol, the tambourine and flutes and wine are in their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the work of his hands.
1 Peter 4:3
For it should suffice us that during the time past of our life we had done the will of the Gentiles, when we conversed in lasciviousness, lusts, drunkenness, gluttony, orgies, and abominable idolatries.
Revelation 18:22
And the voice of harpers and musicians and of pipers and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatever craft he is, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Like
Amos 5:23
Take away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy instruments.
Amos 8:3
And the cantors of the temple shall howl in that day, said the Lord GOD; there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
1 Chronicles 23:5
moreover, four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which David had made to praise therewith.
General references
Job 21:12
They jump at the sound of the timbrel and harp and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song; the drink shall be bitter to them that would drink it.
Jeremiah 16:8
In the same manner thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Ezekiel 26:13
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall no longer be heard.