Matthew 11:17
"A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'
1 Kings 1:40
All the people followed after him, playing on wind pipes and so full of joy that the earth shook because of all the noise!
Isaiah 28:9-13
To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from the breast?
Isaiah 30:29
You will have songs as on nights when people celebrate a holy festival, and gladness of heart, as when they set out with flutes to go to the LORD's mountain, to the Rock of Israel.
Jeremiah 9:17-20
This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Think about what I'm saying! Indeed, call out the professional mourners! Send for the best of them to come.
Jeremiah 31:4
I'll again build you, and you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel! You will again take up your tambourines and go out to dance with those who are filled with joy.
Matthew 9:15
Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."
Matthew 9:23
When Jesus came to the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
Luke 15:25
"Now the father's older son was in the field. As he was coming back to the house, he heard music and dancing.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Although I am free from everyone's expectations, I have made myself a servant to all of them to win more people.