Thematic Bible: Musical instruments


Thematic Bible



and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising 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 cymbals, to praise the Lord according to the directions of King David 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, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

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

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

Then Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. 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, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might 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 went on, the musicians after them,
In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.
Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums

that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

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

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

Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying. Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofSongsTrumpetCymbalsMusic To CelebrateTambourinesHarpsLyresdrums

From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king’s palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreSinging



Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSingersOccupationsSingingSongsCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

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 cymbals, to praise the Lord according to the directions of King David of Israel. Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple


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

He then stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with harps and with lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the Lord through His prophets. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofSeers

Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofCymbalsdrums

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

The singers went on, the musicians after them,
In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.
Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums

Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing. Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesWorship, Elements OfAaron, Ancestry And GenealogyMusical Instruments, types ofProphetessTambourinesNamed SistersWomen's Strengthinstrumentsdrums

When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter. Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginChildren, Good Examples OfThe Only ChildMeeting PeopleMusic To CelebrateOnly Child Of Peopleprepping

“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate

Raise a song, strike the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofHarpsinstrumentsdrums


Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLeisure, And PastimesVirginMusic To Celebratehomecoming

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.
Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying. Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre; Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

The gaiety of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The gaiety of the harp ceases.
Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicingdrums

Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying. Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

All the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth shook at their noise. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To CelebrateRejoicing In God's Works

You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

“Therefore My heart wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced. Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing


“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate


“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofSad Music

Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,
Verse ConceptsAmusementsInventionsRecreationWriting SongsComposersHarpsinstruments

Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

‘Your pomp and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
Verse ConceptsHarpsCovering The BodyMusical Instruments, types ofHumbling The ProudPeople Eaten By WormMaggotsNo Musicworms

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsHearingMusical Instruments, types ofSoundNo MusicWorshiping GodListening To Godinstrumentsdrums

Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
Behind you, Benjamin!”
Verse ConceptsHornsTrumpetMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpets For Signalling

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

With trumpets and the sound of the horn
Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.
Verse ConceptsHornsRamsMusical Instruments, types ofinstrumentsjoyfulness

that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

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