Bible Verses About Music in Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for music in church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 480 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 Music in Church
Psalms 150:1-678 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Ephesians 5:1953 votes
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
James 5:1349 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
1 Corinthians 14:2630 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.
1 Corinthians 14:1529 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.
Colossians 3:1627 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.
Hebrews 2:1221 votes
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Luke 15:2520 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 71:2318 votes
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Nehemiah 12:2717 votes
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
2 Samuel 6:516 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.
1 Corinthians 14:12-1515 votes
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
Romans 15:914 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 14:7-914 votes
And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
Exodus 15:2112 votes
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Psalms 98:512 votes
Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
Amos 5:21-2312 votes
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
Matthew 15:912 votes
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Amos 5:2311 votes
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
1 Chronicles 23:510 votes
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
John 6:6310 votes
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
What does the Bible say about music in church?
Readers most often cite Psalms 150:1-6 on the subject of music in church. Across 480 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:19, James 5:13, 1 Corinthians 14:26. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.