Bible Verses About Musical Instruments in Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for musical instruments in church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,986 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 Musical Instruments in Church
Psalms 150:1-6251 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Psalms 150:3-5154 votes
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Ephesians 5:19152 votes
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
James 5:13106 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Psalms 33:390 votes
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Colossians 3:1687 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 98:4-684 votes
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Genesis 4:2169 votes
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
1 Corinthians 14:1566 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 Chronicles 23:565 votes
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Ephesians 5:15-2561 votes
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Acts 16:2559 votes
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Revelation 14:2-357 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 150:3-454 votes
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Romans 15:954 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.
Revelation 5:8-1451 votes
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Hebrews 2:1249 votes
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Amos 6:548 votes
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Psalms 81:1-243 votes
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Luke 15:21-2543 votes
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
2 Chronicles 29:2541 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.
Matthew 26:3041 votes
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Psalms 47:139 votes
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 Samuel 6:537 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 14:737 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?
What does the Bible say about musical instruments in church?
Readers most often cite Psalms 150:1-6 on the subject of musical instruments in church. Across 2,986 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 150:3-5, Ephesians 5:19, James 5:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.