15 Bible Verses about Music To Celebrate

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare. But the righteous sings and rejoices.

Jehovah says: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations. Proclaim! Give praise and say, O Jehovah, save your people, the remnant of Israel.

Sing joyfully, O barren woman, you who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, you who were never in labor! More are the children of the desolate woman than of the woman, who has a husband, proclaims Jehovah.

Moses replied: That does not sound like a shout of victory or a cry of defeat; it is the sound of singing.

Observe a special day of rest on the first day of the seventh month. Gather together for worship when the trumpets sound.

David returned from a campaign against the Philistines. That same day women from all of Israel's cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced. Tambourines, joyful music, and triangles accompanied them.

David and all the people of Israel celebrated with all their might before God. They did it with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.

There was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

The older son was out in the field. When he came close to the house he heard music and dancing.

Adonijah and all his guests heard this while they were eating. When Joab heard the sound of the horn, he asked: Why all this noise in the city?

They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.

Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.

All the people followed him. They blew flutes and celebrated so loudly that their voices shook the ground.

To the sound of tambourines and lyres, Jehovah will pound on them. He will fight them in battle, swinging his fists (displaying his power).

They are like children that sit in the marketplace and call to each other. We played the flute for you but you did not dance. We wailed and you did not weep.