Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals; Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 10:5

Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying. Verse Concepts

Psalm 33:2

Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument! Verse Concepts

Psalm 150:3

Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp! Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 29:25

King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord's temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king's prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.) Verse Concepts

Psalm 81:2

Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument! Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 5:12-13

All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets. The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple.

Psalm 149:3

Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp! Verse Concepts

Psalm 57:8

Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn! Verse Concepts

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1 Chronicles 25:1-7

David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. The following men were assigned this responsibility: From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision. From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah -- six in all, under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord. read more.
From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. All these were the sons of Heman, the king's prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord's temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God's temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king. They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.

Psalm 49:4

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. Verse Concepts

Psalm 71:22

I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel! Verse Concepts

Psalm 92:3

to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. Verse Concepts

Psalm 98:5

Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music! Verse Concepts

Psalm 108:2

Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn! Verse Concepts

Psalm 147:7

Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp! Verse Concepts

Harp » Used in festivities

Isaiah 5:12

They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about. Verse Concepts

Revelation 18:22

And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again. Verse Concepts

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps? Verse Concepts

Isaiah 24:8

The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases. Verse Concepts

Job 21:11-12

They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about. They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.

Isaiah 23:16

"Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you'll be noticed!" Verse Concepts

Isaiah 30:32

Every blow from his punishing cudgel, with which the Lord will beat them, will be accompanied by music from the tambourine and harp, and he will attack them with his weapons. Verse Concepts

Ezekiel 26:13

I will silence the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more. Verse Concepts

Harp » A stringed instrument of music

Ezekiel 33:32

Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 38:20

The Lord is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the Lord's temple." Verse Concepts

Habakkuk 3:19

The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) Verse Concepts

Harp » Over the armies of ammon and moab

2 Chronicles 20:28

They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 20:20-29

Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: "Listen to me, you people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win." He met with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: "Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures." When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. read more.
The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir and annihilated them. When they had finished off the men of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another. When the men of Judah arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors! Jehoshaphat and his men went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off. On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day. Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the Lord had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies. They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord. All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God when they heard how the Lord had fought against Israel's enemies.

Harp » Ten strings

Psalm 33:2

Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument! Verse Concepts

Psalm 150:4

Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute! Verse Concepts

Psalm 92:3

to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. Verse Concepts

Psalm 144:9

O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you, Verse Concepts

Harp » Heard in heaven, in john's apocalyptic vision

Revelation 15:2

Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God. Verse Concepts

Revelation 5:8

and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). Verse Concepts

Revelation 14:2

I also heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps, Verse Concepts

Harp » David skillful in manipulating

1 Samuel 16:16

Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre and you will feel better." Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 16:23

So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone. Verse Concepts

Harp » When the new walls of jerusalem were dedicated

Nehemiah 12:36

and his colleagues -- Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani -- with musical instruments of David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) Verse Concepts

Nehemiah 12:27

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. Verse Concepts

Harp » In mourning

Job 30:31

My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. Verse Concepts

Harp » Made of almug wood

1 Kings 10:12

With the timber the king made supports for the Lord's temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.) Verse Concepts

Harp » Used, in national jubilees, after the triumph over goliath, (margin)

1 Samuel 18:6

When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments. Verse Concepts

Harp » Hung on the willows by the captive jews

Psalm 137:2

On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps, Verse Concepts

Harp » With three strings (margin)

1 Samuel 18:6

Harp » Discordant

1 Corinthians 14:7

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood? Verse Concepts

Harp » Originated with jubal

Genesis 4:21

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute. Verse Concepts

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