Bible Verses About Music and the Devil
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for music and the devil, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 410 votes, led by 1 John 2:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Music and the Devil
1 John 2:1550 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Ephesians 5:1944 votes
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
James 4:744 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ecclesiastes 7:539 votes
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Colossians 3:1635 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 John 4:120 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Colossians 3:518 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Psalms 150:1-617 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
John 6:7015 votes
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
Ephesians 4:2615 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
James 4:414 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Revelation 1:113 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:
Romans 15:912 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 6:1212 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1011 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 Corinthians 14:1511 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.
1 Thessalonians 5:2110 votes
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Hebrews 13:410 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Peter 5:810 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 John 3:810 votes
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
What does the Bible say about music and the devil?
Readers most often cite 1 John 2:15 on the subject of music and the devil. Across 410 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:19, James 4:7, Ecclesiastes 7:5. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.