Bible Verses About Music
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for music, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 74,730 votes, led by Ephesians 5:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Music
Ephesians 5:192,437 votes
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Colossians 3:161,790 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.
Psalms 105:21,402 votes
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Psalms 95:11,396 votes
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Psalms 104:331,199 votes
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
James 5:131,191 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Psalms 150:1-61,147 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Hebrews 2:121,028 votes
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms 71:231,025 votes
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Philippians 4:8867 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 Corinthians 14:15836 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.
Acts 16:25821 votes
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Psalms 150:4783 votes
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Psalms 149:3771 votes
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Ecclesiastes 7:5767 votes
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Psalms 40:3752 votes
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
Psalms 150:1735 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Chronicles 5:13726 votes
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;
Amos 6:5714 votes
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Proverbs 25:20711 votes
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Psalms 144:9710 votes
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Exodus 15:1707 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.
Psalms 57:7693 votes
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Revelation 14:3686 votes
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Luke 15:25635 votes
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
What does the Bible say about music?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:19 on the subject of music. Across 74,730 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:16, Psalms 105:2, Psalms 95:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.