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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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1 Chronicles 15:22 NIV
Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.
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Mark 14:26 NIV
When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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Ezra 3:10 NIV
When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David king of Israel.
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1 Chronicles 15:16 NIV
David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.
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Daniel 3:5 NIV
As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
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Daniel 3:7 NIV
Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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Psalm 92:3 NIV
to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
    and the melody of the harp.
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Psalm 45:1 NIV
My heart is stirred by a noble theme
    as I recite my verses for the king;
    my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
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Psalm 98:5 NIV
make music to the Lord with the harp,
    with the harp and the sound of singing,
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Judges 11:34 NIV
When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.
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