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Want to know what the Bible says about Music? Here are 272 Bible verses about Music 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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Psalm 95:1-2 NIV
95 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
    let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
    and extol him with music and song.
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Psalm 84:1 NIV
How lovely is your dwelling place,
    Lord Almighty!
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Psalm 33:3 NIV
Sing to him a new song;
    play skillfully, and shout for joy.
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1 Samuel 10:5 NIV
“After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying.
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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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1 Samuel 18:6-7 NIV
6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. 7 As they danced, they sang:
“Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his tens of thousands.”
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Nehemiah 4:20 NIV
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!”
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Revelation 15:2 NIV
And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God
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Psalm 22:1 NIV
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so far from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?
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