Original collection
MUSIC:
New Testament Church used only vocal music - Eph 5:19, Col 3:16, Matt 26:30.
It is sinful to add to or take from God's word - Rev 22:18-19, Deut 4:2. See "Authority." Vain worship - Matt 15:9.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16-17; Hebrews 2:12; 2 Chronicles 29:25
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
266 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Genesis 4:21 (KJV)
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 31:27 (KJV)
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Exodus 15:1 (KJV)
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.
Exodus 15:20 (KJV)
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Exodus 15:21 (KJV)
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.
Exodus 21:17 (KJV)
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 21:18 (KJV)
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Exodus 21:19 (KJV)
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Exodus 21:20 (KJV)
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Judges 5:1 (KJV)
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Judges 5:2 (KJV)
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Judges 5:3 (KJV)
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
Judges 11:34 (KJV)
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
1 Samuel 6:15 (KJV)
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 6:16 (KJV)
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
1 Samuel 18:6 (KJV)
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
1 Samuel 18:7 (KJV)
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
2 Samuel 19:35 (KJV)
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
1 Kings 1:40 (KJV)
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
1 Kings 10:12 (KJV)
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
1 Chronicles 6:31 (KJV)
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
1 Chronicles 6:32 (KJV)
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
1 Chronicles 15:16 (KJV)
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
1 Chronicles 15:17 (KJV)
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
1 Chronicles 15:18 (KJV)
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
1 Chronicles 15:19 (KJV)
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
1 Chronicles 15:20 (KJV)
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
1 Chronicles 15:21 (KJV)
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
1 Chronicles 15:22 (KJV)
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
1 Chronicles 15:24 (KJV)
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 15:27 (KJV)
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
1 Chronicles 15:28 (KJV)
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
1 Chronicles 16:4 (KJV)
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
1 Chronicles 16:5 (KJV)
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
1 Chronicles 16:6 (KJV)
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Chronicles 16:7 (KJV)
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
1 Chronicles 16:8 (KJV)
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
1 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV)
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
1 Chronicles 16:10 (KJV)
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
1 Chronicles 16:11 (KJV)
Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
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