Bible Verses About Dance
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dance, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,407 votes, led by Psalms 149:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Dance
Psalms 149:3931 votes
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Ecclesiastes 3:4639 votes
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Psalms 30:11539 votes
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Jeremiah 31:13502 votes
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
2 Samuel 6:14459 votes
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Psalms 150:4440 votes
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Exodus 15:20420 votes
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Psalms 150:1-6348 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Luke 15:25291 votes
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Judges 11:34246 votes
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Jeremiah 31:4218 votes
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Job 21:11200 votes
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
1 Samuel 18:6184 votes
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
1 Samuel 30:16156 votes
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
1 Chronicles 15:29140 votes
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
Exodus 15:20-21138 votes
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Exodus 32:19119 votes
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Psalms 100:1-5117 votes
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Mark 6:22112 votes
And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
Luke 7:32110 votes
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Lamentations 5:15107 votes
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
1 Samuel 29:592 votes
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
Matthew 11:1790 votes
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
1 Samuel 21:1181 votes
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
Psalms 68:2577 votes
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
What does the Bible say about dance?
Readers most often cite Psalms 149:3 on the subject of dance. Across 8,407 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 3:4, Psalms 30:11, Jeremiah 31:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.