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 hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness;
Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and 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 the LORD with all his might, and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Halelu-JAH. 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 the sound of the shofar; praise him with the psaltery and harp.read more.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals; praise him upon the cymbals of joy. Let every thing that has breath praise JAH. Halelu-JAH.
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambourines and shalt go forth in the chorus of dancers.
They send forth their little ones like a flock of sheep, and their children dance.
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; beside 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 the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; come before his presence with joy. Know ye that the LORD he is God; it is he that has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.read more.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures 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 the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw King David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.
From Thematic Bible
Dancing » Worldly
They send forth their little ones like a flock of sheep, and their children dance.
And it came to pass as soon as he came near unto the camp and he saw the calf and the dances, anger caused Moses to wax hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mount.
And so he brought him down, and behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and holding a feast because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines and out of the land of Judah.
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
and watch with care, and when you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each one of you shall rapture a wife of 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.
And David danced before the 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 unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Dancing » Herodias dances in the presence of herod (antipas)
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.
and when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced and pleased Herod and those that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it unto thee.
Dancing » Idolatrous
And when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies),
And it came to pass as soon as he came near unto the camp and he saw the calf and the dances, anger caused Moses to wax hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mount.
