Bible Verses About Instruments
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for instruments, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,505 votes, led by Psalms 150:1-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Instruments
Psalms 150:1-660 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Ephesians 5:1958 votes
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Colossians 3:1657 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.
James 5:1352 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Genesis 4:2148 votes
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
1 Chronicles 15:1644 votes
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
1 Chronicles 23:543 votes
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Amos 6:542 votes
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Acts 16:2539 votes
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Romans 15:938 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 14:1537 votes
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.
2 Samuel 6:534 votes
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.
Psalms 150:434 votes
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Revelation 14:2-334 votes
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Psalms 149:333 votes
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms 150:333 votes
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Matthew 26:3033 votes
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Hebrews 2:1233 votes
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
1 Samuel 18:632 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.
2 Chronicles 29:2532 votes
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.
Psalms 33:232 votes
Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Job 21:1230 votes
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Psalms 33:330 votes
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms 98:4-630 votes
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Judges 11:3429 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.
What does the Bible say about instruments?
Readers most often cite Psalms 150:1-6 on the subject of instruments. Across 2,505 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16, James 5:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.