A few Scriptures about musical instruments in God's Word

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Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Genesis 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

I Samuel 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy.

I Samuel 16:14-18,23 But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. And Saul's servents said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our Lord now command his servents, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt be well. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

I Samuel 18:6,7,10 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.

I Samuel 19:9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.

II Samuel 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

I Chronicles 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Le'vites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

I Chronicles 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David to praise therewith.

II Chronicles 5:13,14 It came to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord: and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

II Chronicles 23:13 ...And all the people rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise.

II Chronicles 29:26, 27 And the Le'vites stood with instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. ...The song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David.

II Chronicles 30:21 ...and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lord.

II Chronicles 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Le'vites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, Because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

II Chronicles 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Ja'hath and obadi'ah, the Le'vites of the sons of Me-shul'lam, of the sons of the Ko'hath-ites, to set it forward; and other of the Le'vites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

Job 21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Job 30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. Back to top of page

Psalms 33:1-3 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. Praise ye the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song: play skilfully with a loud noise.

Psalms 43:4 Then will I go unto the alter of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Psalms 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Psalms 57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalms 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Psalms 71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Psalms 87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

Psalms 92:2,3 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. Back to top of page

Psalms 98:5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp and the voice of a psalm.

Psalms 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalms 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Psalms 147:7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Psalms 149:1,3 Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalms 150:3-6 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

Isaiah 23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Isaiah 38:20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

Daniel 6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

Amos 6:5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David.

Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

I Corinthians 14:7,8 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Hebrews 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

Revelation 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

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