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Want to know what the Bible says about Music? Here are 268 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 95:2 NIV
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
    and extol him with music and song.
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Daniel 3:15 NIV
Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”
117
Amos 5:23 NIV
Away with the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.
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Psalm 150:4 NIV
praise him with timbrel and dancing,
    praise him with the strings and pipe,
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Exodus 15:1 NIV
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:
“I will sing to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
    he has hurled into the sea.
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Psalm 87:7 NIV
As they make music they will sing,
    “All my fountains are in you.”
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Psalm 144:9 NIV
I will sing a new song to you, my God;
    on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
105
1 Samuel 16:23 NIV
Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.
100
Isaiah 5:12 NIV
They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes and timbrels and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.
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Psalm 149:3 NIV
Let them praise his name with dancing
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.
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Matthew 26:30 NIV
When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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Psalm 68:4 NIV
Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
    extol him who rides on the clouds ;
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
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Psalm 101:1 NIV
I will sing of your love and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
84
Revelation 5:8 NIV
And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
82
1 Chronicles 23:5 NIV
Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”
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Psalm 33:1-4 NIV
33 Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
    it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3 Sing to him a new song;
    play skillfully, and shout for joy.
4 For the word of the Lord is right and true;
    he is faithful in all he does.
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2 Chronicles 7:6 NIV
The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord’s musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
80
Luke 15:25 NIV
“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
78
Psalm 13:6 NIV
I will sing the Lord’s praise,
    for he has been good to me.
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