Music in worship

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• Psalms 95:1

  O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

• Psalms 150:1–6

  Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. …

• Colossians 3:16

  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

• Ephesians 5:19

  Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

• Psalms 100:1–2

  A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

• Psalms 71:23

  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

• Psalms 33:3

  Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

• Acts 16:25

  And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

• James 5:13

  Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

• Romans 15:9

  And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

• Hebrews 2:12

  Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

• Psalms 149:3

  Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

• John 4:24

  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

• 2 Kings 3:15

  But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

• Ephesians 5:18–20

  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• 2 Samuel 6:5

  And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

• Matthew 26:30

  And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

• Psalms 150:4

  Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

• Psalms 9:2

  I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

• 1 Corinthians 14:15

  What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

• Psalms 100:1–5

  A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. …

• Hebrews 13:15

  By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

• Amos 6:5

  That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

• Psalms 40:3

  And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

• 1 Corinthians 14:26

  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

• 2 Chronicles 29:25

  And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

• 2 Samuel 6:14

  And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

• Luke 15:25

  Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

• Psalms 34:1

  A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

• Psalms 5:1

  To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

• Exodus 15:21

  And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

• Psalms 47:1–7

  To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. …

• Psalms 105:2

  Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

• Zephaniah 3:17

  The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

• Exodus 15:1

  Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

• Mark 14:26

  And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

• Psalms 33:2

  Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

• Philippians 4:8

  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

• Psalms 95:6

  O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

• Ephesians 4:1–6

  I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. …