Bible Verses About Dancing in the Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dancing in the church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,777 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 the Church
Psalms 149:3232 votes
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms 150:4214 votes
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
2 Samuel 6:14191 votes
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Ecclesiastes 3:4188 votes
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Jeremiah 31:13163 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.
Luke 15:25151 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 30:11132 votes
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Exodus 15:20124 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 Samuel 18:664 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 150:1-642 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Exodus 15:20-2131 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 149:128 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalms 150:125 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
1 Corinthians 14:4022 votes
Let all things be done decently and in order.
Judges 11:3418 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.
Exodus 32:1917 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 87:716 votes
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
Jeremiah 31:416 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.
1 Chronicles 15:2914 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.
Colossians 3:1614 votes
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.
1 Samuel 18:6-713 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 96:1-213 votes
O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Psalms 118:2713 votes
God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
1 Corinthians 14:2613 votes
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 Samuel 6:1612 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.
What does the Bible say about dancing in the church?
Readers most often cite Psalms 149:3 on the subject of dancing in the church. Across 1,777 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 150:4, 2 Samuel 6:14, Ecclesiastes 3:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.