Thematic Bible: Musical instruments used in


Thematic Bible



and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise. Verse ConceptsInventionsOrchestrasPortersFour ThousandInstrumentalistsinstruments

Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with their cymbals, to praise the Lord in accordance with the directions of David king of Israel. Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple

that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon (four-stringed harp), dulcimer, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating and dancing before the Lord with all kinds of instruments made of fir or cypress wood, with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

and all of the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, with their sons and relatives, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres were standing at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets Verse ConceptsHarpsLinenLyreOrchestrasA Hundred And Some

Then Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the Lord also began with the trumpets accompanied by the instruments of David, king of Israel. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestras

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places in order to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving, and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps, and lyres. Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationHarpsJoy, Of IsraelLyreMusicMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsBuilding Jerusalem's Wall


The singers go in front, the players of instruments last;
Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.
Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent even then of the works of their hands, so as to cease worshiping and paying homage to the demons and the idols of gold and of silver and of bronze and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; Verse ConceptsDeafnessFalse ReligionDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofGoldStonesWoodIdolatry Consists OfAtheism, Description OfBrassImpotence Of IdolsIdols Not SeeingIdol WorshipIdolatryUnhearingWorshipping The DevilWood And StoneBronze For IdolsRepentance

Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, for the satyrs (goat demons) and calves (idols) which he had made. Verse ConceptsCalvesShrinesGolden CalvesThirty

So they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to goat-idols or demons or field spirits with which they have played the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.”’ Verse ConceptsApostasy in OTFalse ReligionThey Committed ImmoralityOccultism Being Forbidden


“They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers never feared.
Verse ConceptsFalse Religiondemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesUnusedWhat Is Not GodDemonsDemonic Influence


They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons
Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesDemonsSacrifice

On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples]. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence

They fell down and worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; they also worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like (as great as) the beast, and who is able to wage war against him?” Verse ConceptsArmageddonFalse ReligionUnique CreaturesWorshipping The DevilReady For War

And when He again brings the firstborn [highest-ranking Son] into the world, He says,

And all the angels of God are to worship Him.” Verse ConceptsFirstbornHeirsWorship, Of God AloneJesus Christ, Worship OfHeaven, Worshiping GodHeaven And AngelsChrist, Names ForWorshipping Christ

Then those in the boat worshiped Him [with awe-inspired reverence], saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!” Verse ConceptsWorship, Of God AloneWorship, Times ForJesus Christ, Worship OfAdoration, Of ChristMessianic Titles, Son Of GodWorshipping Christ

And as they went, suddenly, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” And they went to Him and took hold of His feet [in homage] and worshiped Him [as the Messiah]. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristFeetGreetingsResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesSalutationsMeeting GodWorshipping ChristSpoken Greetings


And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy [fully understanding that He lives and that He is the Son of God]; Verse ConceptsWorship, Results OfWorship, Times Foradoration

And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb (Christ), each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of fragrant incense, which are the prayers of the saints (God’s people). Verse ConceptsSweet Odoursequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, types ofPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansFour CreaturesHarpsTwenty SomeBowing Before MessiahElders In HeavenTwenty Four Elders