14 Bible Verses about Dancing
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a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance,
Thou have turned for me my mourning into dancing. Thou have loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness,
Let them praise his name in the dance. Let them sing praises to him with timbrel and harp.
Praise him with timbrel and dance. Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
And David danced before LORD with all his might. And David was girded with a linen ephod.
Praise ye LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with trumpet sound. Praise him with psaltery and harp.read more.
Praise him with timbrel and dance. Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe. Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with high sounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise LORD. Praise ye LORD.
Again I will build thee, and thou shall be built, O virgin of Israel. Again thou shall be adorned with thy tambourine, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances. And she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
Make a joyful noise to LORD, all ye lands. Serve LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. Know ye that LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.read more.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. For LORD is good. His loving kindness [is] forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing. And she despised him in her heart.
From Thematic Bible
Dancing » Worldly
And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of
And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances. And she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
and watch. And, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch for you every man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Dancing » Before the lord
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Praise him with timbrel and dance. Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
And David danced before LORD with all his might. And David was girded with a linen ephod.
Let them praise his name in the dance. Let them sing praises to him with timbrel and harp.
Dancing » Herodias dances in the presence of herod (antipas)
But Herod's birthday being brought, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
and the daughter of her (of Herodias) having come in and danced, and having pleased Herod and those who sat with the king, he said to the maiden, Ask of me whatever thou may want, and I will give to thee.
Dancing » Idolatrous
And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)
And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
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