40 Bible Verses about instruments

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.

Praise Him with trumpet sound;
Praise Him with harp and lyre.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he became the father of all those [musicians] who play the lyre and flute.

in unison when the trumpeters and singers were to make themselves heard with one voice praising and thanking the Lord, and when they raised their voices accompanied by the trumpets and cymbals and [other] instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever,” then the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud,

“Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]!
I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.

The singers as well as the players of flutes will say,
“All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God].”

He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
With the lyre and the sound of melody.

I will also praise You with the harp,
Your truth and faithfulness, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.

The singers go in front, the players of instruments last;
Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn
Shout with joy before the King, the Lord.

Raise a song, sound the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully [on the strings] with a loud and joyful sound.

and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

Yet even lifeless things, whether flute or harp, when producing a sound, if they do not produce distinct [musical] tones, how will anyone [listening] know what is piped or played?

On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon
We hung our harps.

Let them praise His name with dancing;
Let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre.

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things [which are dishonorable—disobedient, sinful], he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified [set apart for a special purpose and], useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!

Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating and dancing before the Lord with all kinds of instruments made of fir or cypress wood, with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

With an instrument of ten strings and with the harp,
With a solemn sound on the lyre.

Listen to my prayer, O God,
And do not hide Yourself from my plea.

Who improvise to the sound of the harp—
Like David they have composed songs for themselves—

O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

“The Lord is ready to save me;
Therefore we will play my songs on stringed instruments
All the days of our lives at the house of the Lord.”

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God.

So I will silence your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.

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

The Lord God is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army];
He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feet
And makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my high places [of challenge and responsibility].

For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron [and Moses], took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

So it came about that whenever the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, David took a harp and played it with his hand; so Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would leave him.

But now bring me a musician.” And it came about while the musician played, that the hand (power) of the Lord came upon Elisha.

Hear my cry, O God;
Listen to my prayer.

God be gracious and kind-hearted to us and bless us,
And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.

As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;
He conceives wicked plans
To ruin the poor with lies,
Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.