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Want to know what the Bible says about Dance? Here are 55 Bible verses about Dance from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Matthew 11:17 NIV
“‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not mourn.’
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1 Samuel 21:11 NIV
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances:
“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his tens of thousands’?”
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Psalm 68:25 NIV
In front are the singers, after them the musicians;
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
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2 Samuel 6:16 NIV
As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.
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Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”
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1 Chronicles 13:8 NIV
David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.
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Judges 21:21 NIV
and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing, rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin.
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Proverbs 8:30 NIV
    Then I was constantly at his side.
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
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1 Kings 18:26 NIV
So they took the bull given them and prepared it.
Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
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Jeremiah 30:19 NIV
From them will come songs of thanksgiving
    and the sound of rejoicing.
I will add to their numbers,
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,
    and they will not be disdained.
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Matthew 14:6 NIV
On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much
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Song of Solomon 6:13 NIV
13 Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
    come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!
Why would you gaze on the Shulammite
    as on the dance of Mahanaim?
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1 Chronicles 16:29-30 NIV
29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.
30     Tremble before him, all the earth!
    The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
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John 4:24 NIV
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
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Colossians 1:10 NIV
so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
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Matthew 14:6-8 NIV
6 On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much 7 that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
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Judges 21:21-23 NIV
21 and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing, rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin. 22 When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Do us the favor of helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war. You will not be guilty of breaking your oath because you did not give your daughters to them.’”
23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.
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Hebrews 2:12 NIV
He says,
“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
    in the assembly I will sing your praises.”
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Acts 3:8 NIV
He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.
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Psalm 71:23 NIV
My lips will shout for joy
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.
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