21 Bible Verses about Musicians

And these whom David set up over the hands of song of the house of Jehovah from the resting of the ark And they will be serving before the dwelling of the tent of appointment in song even till Solomon built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they will stand according to their judgment over their service. And these standing and their sons. From the sons of the Kohathites: Heman singing, son of Joel, son of Samuel,read more.
Son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, Son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, Son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, Son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, Son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. And his brother Asaph standing at his right hand, Asaph the son of Berachiah the son of Shimea, The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, The son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, Son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. And the sons of Merari their brethren at the left: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, Son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, Son of Amzi, son of Bath, son of Shamer, Son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

And David will say to the chiefs of the Levites to cause their brethren to stand singing with every instrument of song, lyres and harps, and cymbals, causing to hear to lift up with the voice for joy. And the Levites wilt set up He-man son of Joel; and from his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

And David will separate, and the chiefs of the army, for service to the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, prophesying with harps, with lyres and with cymbals: and there will be their number of men of work for their service. To the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph upon the hand of Asaph prophesying upon the hands of the king. To Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, upon the hands of their father Jeduthun, with the harp prophesying for confessing and praising to Jehovah.read more.
To Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. All these the sons to Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God will give to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

And those singing, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to cause to hear; And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lyres upon Alemoth; And Mattithiah and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps upon the Sheminith to shine.

And David will say to the chiefs of the Levites to cause their brethren to stand singing with every instrument of song, lyres and harps, and cymbals, causing to hear to lift up with the voice for joy.

All these upon the hands of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the service of the house of God, upon the hands of the king, Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman. And their number will be with their brethren teaching the song to Jehovah, all having understanding, two hundred eighty and eight

And they will cast lots from the watches near, as the small so the great, he understanding with him taught And the first lot will come forth to Asaph to Joseph: Gedeliah the second, he and his brethren and his sons, twelve: The third, Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve:read more.
The fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The seventh, Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The eleventh, Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: The thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the fifteenth to Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and brethren, twelve: For the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren twelve: For the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: For the four and twentieth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

And the Levites, those singing to all them to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to then some and their brethren; being clothed with byssus, with cymbals and with lyres and harps, standing from the sunrising to the altar, and with them the priests to a hundred and twenty, trumpeting with trumpets:) And it will be as one to those trumpeting and to those singing, to cause one voice to be heard to praise and to confess to Jehovah; and when lifting up the voice with the trumpets and with the cymbals and with the instruments of the song, and with praising to Jehovah, For he is good, for his mercy is forever: and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of Jehovah;

And these singing, heads of the fathers to the Levites in the cells being free: for their day and night upon them in work

And those singing, sons of Asaph, upon their station according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the kings seer; and the porters at gate and gate; not for them to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

And Cain will know his wife, and she will conceive and bear Enoch: and he will be building a city, and will call the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch. And to Enoch shall be born Irad; and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mehujael begat Methusael; and Methusael begat Lamech. And Lamech shall take to him two women: the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.read more.
And Adah will bear Jabal; he was the father of him remaining in the tent, and riches. And his brother's name Jubal; he was father of all laying hold of the harp and pipe.

And Saul's servants will say to him, Behold now, an evil spirit of God terrifying thee. Will our lord now say to thy servants before thee, Seek out a man knowing to play upon the harp: and it was in the evil spirit of God being upon thee, and he playing with the hand and doing good to thee. And Saul will say to his servants, See, now, a man to me being good to play, and bring to me.read more.
And one of his boys will answer and say, I saw a son to Jesse of the House of Bread, knowing to play, mighty of strength, and a man of war, and discerning the word, and a man of figure, and Jehovah with him.

And it was in the spirit of God being upon Saul, and David took the harp and played with his hand, and it was refreshed to Saul, and it was good to him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And it will be on the morrow, and the evil spirit of God will fall upon Saul, and he will prophesy in the midst of the house: and David playing with his hand as the day to day: and a spear in Saul's hand. And Saul will lift up the spear, and say, I will strike against David into the wall And David will flee from before him twice.

And the evil spirit of Jehovah will be upon Saul, and he will sit in his house, and his spear in his hand: and David playing with his hand. And Saul will seek to strike the spear into David and even into the wall: and he will slip away from the face of Saul, and he will strike the spear into the wall: and David fled, and he will escape in that night

And David and all the house of Israel playing before Jehovah upon all cypress woods, and upon harps, and upon lyres and upon drums, and upon timbrels and upon cymbals.

And these the last words of David. The declaration of David, son of Jesse, and the declaration of the man raised up for the Messiah of the God of Jacob, and the sweet songs of Israel.

They saw thy goings, O God; the goings of my God, my King, in the holy place. The chiefs went before, they playing on instruments, after; in the midst, girls beating the tabret.

And Jehoshaphat will say, Is there not here a prophet to Jehovah, and we will seek Jehovah from him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel will answer and say, Here is Elisha, son of Shaphat, who poured water upon, the hands of Elijah. And Jehoshaphat will say the word of Jehovah is with him, and the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom will come down to him And Elisha will say to the king of Israel, What to me; and to thee go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel will say to him, Nay for Jehovah called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.read more.
And Elisha will say, Jehovah of armies lives whom I stand before him, for unless I accept the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, if I will look to thee and if I will, see thee And now take to me a player on an instrument And it was when the player played, and the hand of Jehovah will be upon him. And he will say, Thus said Jehovah, Make this torrent, pits, pits. for thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind, and ye shall not see rain; and that torrent shall be full of water, and ye drunk, and your possessions, and your cattle. And: this was light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he gave Moab into your hand. And strike ye every fortified city and every chosen city, and every good tree ye shall cause it to fall, and all the fountains of water ye shall shut up, and every good part ye shall mar with stones.

By the rivers of Babel, there we sat down: also we wept in our remembering Zion. Upon the willows in her midst, we hung our harps; For there they carrying us away captive asked us the words of a song; and they heaping us up gladness; Sing to us from the song of Zion.

And one strong angel lifted up a stone as a great millstone, and cast into the sea, saying, Thus with excitement shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and be found no more. And the voice of harp players, and musicians, and flute players, and trumpeters, should be heard in thee no more; and every artist of every art be found no more in thee; and the voice of the millstone should be heard no more in thee;