Matthew 11:17

and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'

1 Kings 1:40

All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.

Isaiah 28:9-13

Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

Isaiah 30:29

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh's mountain, to Israel's Rock.

Jeremiah 9:17-20

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:

Jeremiah 31:4

Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,

Luke 15:25

"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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Summary

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

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Bible References

We

Isaiah 28:9
Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

Piped

Matthew 9:15
Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
1 Kings 1:40
All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.
Isaiah 30:29
You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh's mountain, to Israel's Rock.
Jeremiah 9:17
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
Jeremiah 31:4
Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
Luke 15:25
"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

General references

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.