Bible Verses About Dancing in Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dancing in church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,819 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 Dancing in Church
Psalms 149:3390 votes
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms 150:4309 votes
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Jeremiah 31:13273 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.
Ecclesiastes 3:4271 votes
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Psalms 30:11236 votes
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
2 Samuel 6:14191 votes
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Luke 15:25186 votes
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Psalms 150:1-6148 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Exodus 15:20136 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.
Jeremiah 31:488 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.
Judges 11:3464 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.
1 Samuel 18:6-761 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 18:653 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.
Psalms 150:140 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Exodus 15:20-2139 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.
1 Chronicles 15:2939 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 15:1-2735 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 14:4030 votes
Let all things be done decently and in order.
2 Samuel 6:1627 votes
And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
Exodus 32:1925 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 149:124 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalms 150:620 votes
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Matthew 6:1-3420 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Mark 6:2219 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.
Revelation 1:116 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about dancing in church?
Readers most often cite Psalms 149:3 on the subject of dancing in church. Across 2,819 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 150:4, Jeremiah 31:13, Ecclesiastes 3:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.