Lamentations 5:14
The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.
Jeremiah 7:34
And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.
Deuteronomy 16:18
"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Job 29:7-17
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,
Job 30:1
"But now they laugh at me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 30:31
My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.
Isaiah 3:2-3
the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,
Isaiah 24:7-11
The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
Jeremiah 16:9
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will silence in this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
Jeremiah 25:10
Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
Lamentations 1:4
The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate; her priests groan; her virgins have been afflicted, and she herself suffers bitterly.
Lamentations 1:19
"I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and elders perished in the city, while they sought food to revive their strength.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
Ezekiel 26:13
And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more.
Revelation 18:22
and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more,