Contemporary Christian Music

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

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

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

And David spake to the chief of the Levites 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.

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. — read the full passage →

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

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? — read the full passage →

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; — read the full passage →

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. — read the full passage →

And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. — read the full passage →

So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. — read the full passage →

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, — read the full passage →

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. — read the full passage →

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. — read the full passage →

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: — read the full passage →

In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. — read the full passage →

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. — read the full passage →

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. — read the full passage →

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. — read the full passage →

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. — read the full passage →

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; — read the full passage →

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. — read the full passage →

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. — read the full passage →

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! — read the full passage →

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: — read the full passage →

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. — read the full passage →

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. — read the full passage →

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. — read the full passage →

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. — read the full passage →

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. — read the full passage →

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. — read the full passage →

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. — read the full passage →

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. — read the full passage →

Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. — read the full passage →

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. — read the full passage →

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; — read the full passage →

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. — read the full passage →