40 Bible Verses about instruments

Praise Him with timbrel and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Praise Him with trumpet sound;
Praise Him with harp and lyre.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord saying, “He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,” then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say,
“All my springs of joy are in you.”

He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
With the lyre and the sound of melody.

I will also praise You with a harp,
Even Your truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.

The singers went on, the musicians after them,
In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn
Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.

Raise a song, strike the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?

Upon the willows in the midst of it
We hung our harps.

Let them praise His name with dancing;
Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!

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.

With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp,
With resounding music upon the lyre.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

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

For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.

“The Lord will surely save me;
So we will play my songs on stringed instruments
All the days of our life at the house of the Lord.”

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

The Levites stood with the musical instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

The Lord God is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet,
And makes me walk on my high places.
For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

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.

So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him.

But now bring me a minstrel.” And it came about, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.

For the choir director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.
Hear my cry, O God;
Give heed to my prayer.

For the choir director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
God be gracious to us and bless us,
And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah.

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He devises wicked schemes
To destroy the afflicted with slander,
Even though the needy one speaks what is right.