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;
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
Let them praise his name in the dance. Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp.
"Then shall the virgin 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.
David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power. Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet. Praise him with harp and lyre.read more.
Praise him with tambourine and dancing. Praise him with stringed instruments and flute. Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. Miriam answered them, "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands. Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who 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, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
It happened, as the ark of the covenant of the 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
It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, 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 Judah.
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
and watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Dancing » Before the lord
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
Let them praise his name in the dance. Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp.
Dancing » Herodias dances in the presence of herod (antipas)
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."
Dancing » Idolatrous
When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
