CONCERNING MUSIC
THE BIBLE SAYS
Compiled by Daniel L.
Wakefield
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Exodus
15:1 Then sang Moses
and the children of
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II Chonicles 20:21-22 And
when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and
that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army,
and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise,
the Lord set ambushments against the children of
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Psalm
33:2-3 Praise the
Lord with the harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten
strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
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Psalm
150:3-5 Praise him with
the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel
and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him
upon the high sounding cymbals.
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Isaiah
30:29 Ye shall have
a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept;
and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe
to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
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Matthew
26:30 And when they had
sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of
Olives. (Also Mark 14:26)
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Acts
16:25-26 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto
God: and the prisoners heard them. And
suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison
were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands
were loosed.
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I
Corinthians 14:15 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.
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Ephesians
5:18-19 And be not drunk with
wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your
heart to the Lord; (also Colossians
3:16)
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James
5:13 Is any among
you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry?
Let him sing psalms.