40 Bible Verses about instruments

Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and pipes.

Praise Jehovah with lyre; sing to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.

and they were as one to the trumpeters and to the singers, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and as they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying, For He is good, for His mercy endures forever, the house was filled with a cloud, the house of Jehovah,

Take the noise of your songs away from Me; for I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.

And the singers, the players of the pipe: all my springs are in You!

Yea, He has fitted him for instruments of death; He has made His arrows hotly pursue.

Sing to Jehovah with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

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

The singers went before, then the musicians came; among them were the virgins playing the timbrels.

With trumpets and sound of a horn make a joyful noise before Jehovah, the King.

Lift up a psalm, and bring the timbrel here, the pleasing lyre and harp.

Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with shouts of joy.

And four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which David made for praising.

Yet lifeless things giving a sound, whether flute or harp, if they do not give a distinction in the sound, how will it be known what is being piped or harped?

We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst.

Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.

Therefore if anyone purges himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

Awake, harp and lyre; I will awake early.

And David and all the house of Israel were dancing before Jehovah on all instruments of fir wood, with lyres and with harps, and with tambourines, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

on the ten strings, and on the harp, with sounding music on the lyre.

To the Chief Musician. For stringed instruments. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Yourself from my cry.

who chant with the mouth of the harp; they invent instruments of music for themselves, like David;

To the Chief Musician, for eight-stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in the heat of Your fury.

For Jehovah is for my salvation; and we will sing my songs on the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.

To the Chief Musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; You gave room to me in trouble; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

Do not yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God, as one alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.

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

Jehovah the Lord is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds' feet, and He will make me to walk on my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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 happened when the spirit from God was on Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And now bring me a minstrel. And it happened when the minstrel played, the hand of Jehovah came on him.

To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be merciful to us, and bless us, and cause His face to shine on us. Selah.

Also the weapons of the fool are evil; he thinks of wicked ways to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.