40 Bible Verses about instruments
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Praise him with trumpet sound. Praise him with psaltery and harp.
And his brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.
it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking LORD. And when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised LORD
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
Sing praises to LORD with the harp. With the harp and the voice of melody,
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God. To thee I will sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
with trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the King--LORD.
Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
and four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised LORD with the instruments which I made, [David said], to praise therewith.
Likewise lifeless things that give a sound, whether flute or harp, if they give no distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is being piped or harped?
Let them praise his name in the dance. Let them sing praises to him with timbrel and harp.
If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.
And David and all the house of Israel played before LORD with all manner of [instruments of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
with an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery, with a solemn sound upon the harp.
who sing idle songs to the sound of the viol, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David,
LORD is [ready] to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of LORD.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. Thou have enlarged me in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God,
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall no more be heard.
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
LORD, the Lord, is my strength. And he makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and will make me to walk upon my high places.
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, when the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand. So Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of LORD came upon him.
And the instruments of the churl are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
Topics on Instruments
Chosen Instruments
Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, Go, because this man is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before Gentiles and kings, and sons of Israel.
Musical Instruments, Made Of
2 Samuel 6:5And David and all the house of Israel played before LORD with all manner of [instruments of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
Musical Instruments, types of
Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of an exceedingly loud trumpet. And all the people who were in the camp trembled.