7 Bible Verses about Music

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Idolatry » Other customs of » Music

Music » Trumpets » Full orchestra

Music » Names of » Psalteries

Music » ancient Choirs » A militant choir, songs lead to victory

More verses: Nehemiah 12:42

Music » Youthful » Singing » A religious duty

Music » Names of » cymbals

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I have the ability to speak in the languages of human beings and angels [Note: Perhaps the idea is supernaturally and eloquently], but do not have love [for people], I have become [no more than] a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

More verses: Psalm 150:5

Music » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines

More verses: Psalm 81:2 Psalm 150:4

Music » Youthful » Singing » Examples of

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song [which went like this]: "You deserve to take the book and break the seals on it, for you were killed and, with your blood, you purchased people for God from every tribe and language and race and nation,

Mark 14:26

And after they had sung a hymn, they went up to the Mount of Olives.

More verses: Ezra 3:11

Music » Names of » Tabrets

More verses: Isaiah 24:8

Music » Maschil » This musical sign occurs in the titles of

Music » Appointed to be used in the temple

Music » The jews used » In sacred processions

Music » Musicians » Players on instruments

Music » Songs » Hymns » In the night

More verses: Psalm 42:8

Music » Names of » Pipes

Music » Musicians » General references to

Music » Songs » Hymns » Of victory

Revelation 14:3

And they [i.e., the 144,000] were singing a new song in front of God's throne, and in front of the four living beings and the [twenty-four] elders. No one could learn [to sing] this song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand [See 7:4,9] who had been purchased from the earth.

Revelation 15:3

And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. [The words were], "Your deeds are great and marvelous, O Lord, God Almighty; your ways are just and true, O King of the nations [or, "ages"].

Music » Names of » Organs

Music » Trumpets » Viols

Music » Songs » Idle

Music » Instruments of » Pipe

Music » Neginah and neginoth » Appear in the titles of

More verses: Psalm 61:1

Music » The jews used » At coronation of kings

Music » Micahtam » A musical term in the titles of

More verses: Psalm 58:1

Music » Instruments of » Organ

Music » Instruments of » Organ, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notes

Music » Instruments of » Invented by david

Music » Names of » Cornet

Music » Vanity of all unsanctified

Music » Designed to promote joy

Music » Instruments of » Trumpet

Music » Considered efficacious in mental disorders

Music » Instruments of » cymbals

Music » Illustrative » Of joy and gladness

Music » The movements of armies regulated by

Music » Instruments of » Viol, a lyre

Music » The jews used » To celebrate victories

Music » Effects produced on the prophets of old by

Music » Teachers of

Music » Instruments of » Made by solomon

Music » Instruments of » Tabret

Music » Instruments of » Harp

Music » Divided into » Vocal

Music » Generally put aside in times of affliction

Music » Shoshannim and shushan-eduth » In the titles to

Music » Al-taschith » It appears in the titles of

Music » Instruments of » Timbrel

Music » The jews used » In dances

Matthew 11:17

We [pretended like we] were making music [at a wedding] but you did not dance; we [pretended like we] were wailing [at a funeral] but you did not beat your chest [in mourning].'

Luke 15:25

Now the father's older son was [out] in the field. And when he came in and got close to the house he heard music and dancing.

Music » In heaven

Revelation 14:2-3

And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of much rushing water, and like the sound of loud thunder. And the sound I heard was like people playing their harps. And they [i.e., the 144,000] were singing a new song in front of God's throne, and in front of the four living beings and the [twenty-four] elders. No one could learn [to sing] this song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand [See 7:4,9] who had been purchased from the earth.

Revelation 5:8-9

And when He had taken the book, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down in front of the Lamb [i.e., to worship Him]. Each one of them held [in his hands] a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints [See Psa. 141:2; Rev. 8:3-4]. And they sang a new song [which went like this]: "You deserve to take the book and break the seals on it, for you were killed and, with your blood, you purchased people for God from every tribe and language and race and nation,

Revelation 15:2-3

And I saw what seemed to be an ocean of glass, mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the beast, his statue and the number of his name. They were standing beside [or, "on"] the ocean of glass and held harps [given to them] by God. And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. [The words were], "Your deeds are great and marvelous, O Lord, God Almighty; your ways are just and true, O King of the nations [or, "ages"].

Music » Instruments of » Many, with strings

Music » Instruments of » Psaltery

Music » Instruments of » Viol

Music » Instruments of » Cornet

Music » The jews used » In private entertainments

Music » The jews used » At consecration of temple

Music » ancient Choirs » A great chorus choir God gave to heman fourteen sons and three daughters

Music » ancient Choirs » Assisted by an orchestra

Music » ancient Choirs » Vested choir led by precentor

Music » Instruments of » Made of brass

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I have the ability to speak in the languages of human beings and angels [Note: Perhaps the idea is supernaturally and eloquently], but do not have love [for people], I have become [no more than] a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Music » The jews used » In commemorating great men

Music » The jews used » In religious feasts

Music » Chief musician

Music » ancient Choirs » Regularly employed

Music » The jews used » At dedication of city walls

Music » Instruments of » Great diversity of

Music » Illustrative » Of heavenly felicity

Revelation 5:8-9

And when He had taken the book, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down in front of the Lamb [i.e., to worship Him]. Each one of them held [in his hands] a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints [See Psa. 141:2; Rev. 8:3-4]. And they sang a new song [which went like this]: "You deserve to take the book and break the seals on it, for you were killed and, with your blood, you purchased people for God from every tribe and language and race and nation,

Music » Instruments of » Sackbut, a harp

Music » Instruments of » Flute

Music » Makalath, maschil, leannoth » These terms are found in the titles of

Music » Instruments of » Often expensively ornamented

Music » Instruments of » Made of almug wood

Music » Illustrative » (ceasing of,) of calamities

Music » Custom of sending away friends with

Music » Sheminith » In the titles of

Music » Instruments of » Gittith, a stringed instrument

Music » Instruments of » Dulcimer, a double pipe

Music » Instruments of » Made of fir wood

Music » Instruments of » Early invention of

Music » Instruments of » Made of silver

Music » The jews used » In funeral ceremonies

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus went into the leader [of the synagogue's] house, He saw musicians [playing a funeral dirge] and the crowd carrying on [in mournful wails].

Music » Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices

Music » Early invention of

Music » The jews used » At laying foundation of temple

Music » Divided into » Instrumental

Music » Physical effect of, on man

Music » Instruments of » Made of horns » Of animals

Music » Instruments of » Dulcimer

Music » Instruments of » Sackbut

Music » Names of » Dulcimer

Music » Names of » Sackbut

Music » Names of » Flute

Music » Used in idol worship

Music » Instruments of » Made by tyrians

Music » Alamoth » A musical term which appears in

Music » Chambers for musicians in the temple, in ezekiel's vision

Music » Instruments of » The jews celebrated for inventing

Music » Precentor

Music » Higgaion

Music » Instruments of » Invented by jubal

Music » Shiggaion » And its plural, shigionoth, in the title of

Music » Alamoth » And in the title of

Music » Muth-labben » In the title of

Music » Nehiloth » Appears in the title of

Music » Shiggaion » In the title of

Sciences » Music

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I Will Praise You With Music

Romans 15:9

and so that the Gentiles [also] may honor God for His mercy, as it is written [Psa. 18:49], "Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles and sing to your name." [Note: Paul here accommodates the words of King David by applying them to Jews participating with Gentiles in praising God as part of the one body].

Music To Celebrate

Luke 15:25

Now the father's older son was [out] in the field. And when he came in and got close to the house he heard music and dancing.

No Music

Revelation 18:22

And the sound of harp-players and musicians and flute-players and trumpet-players will never be heard in you again. And no workers of any trade will be found in you again, and the sound of a [flour] mill [grinding] will never be heard in you again.

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