general · kjv
Bible Verses About Music
Find Bible verses about music — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about music?
The Bible addresses music with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Psalms 144:9
“I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.”
— Bible
Psalms 108:1
“My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.”
— Bible
Ephesians 5:19
“speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
— Bible
Psalms 81:2
“Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.”
— Bible
Isaiah 38:20
“Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.”
— Bible
Want Scripture chosen specifically for you?
Share what you're feeling and our AI will find the 3 Bible verses that speak directly to your heart right now.
Speak Your Heart →More Verses
Lamentations 5:14
“The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.”
Daniel 3:5
“that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up;”
2 Samuel 6:5
“David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with...”
Job 21:12
“They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.”
Isaiah 30:32
“Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.”
Daniel 3:10
“You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;”
1 Chronicles 13:8
“David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.”
Nehemiah 12:36
“and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.”
1 Chronicles 25:6
“All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being und...”
2 Chronicles 5:12
“also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the...”
Also Read
2 Chronicles 20:28 — “They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh....”
1 Chronicles 23:5 — “four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, ...”
Luke 15:25 — “"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing....”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — “David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of m...”
1 Chronicles 25:3 — “Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six,...”
Related Topics
God's Word sees your soul
These verses are even more powerful when chosen specifically for your story. No account needed. No payment. Just you and God's Word.
Begin Your Journey →