Topic

Dancing

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Psalms 149:3

Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Psalms 30:11

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Psalms 150:4

Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.

Luke 15:25

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Judges 11:34

And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

1 Samuel 30:16

And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

Psalms 150:1–6

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

Job 21:11

They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

Psalms 68:25

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

1 Samuel 21:11

And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

Exodus 32:19

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exodus 32:6

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Exodus 15:20–21

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. — read the full passage →

Acts 3:8

And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

2 Samuel 6:14–16

And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. — read the full passage →

2 Samuel 22:1–51

And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: — read the full passage →

Mark 6:14–29

And king Herod heardthereof; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him. — read the full passage →

Psalms 21:1–13

The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! — read the full passage →

Mark 7:22–23

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness: — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:15

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

Psalms 87:7

They that sing as well as they that dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee.

Romans 12:2

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

Nehemiah 8:1–18

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 18:6–20:7

And it came to pass as they came, when David 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 timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 30:19

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Proverbs 6:25

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

1 Samuel 29:5

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

James 5:13

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 31:13–17

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 31:4

Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Psalms 100:1–5

Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands. — read the full passage →

Psalms 30:11–12

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; — read the full passage →

Revelation 11:1–19

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 2:12

saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.

Acts 14:10

said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.

Luke 7:32

They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.

Zechariah 8:5

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

Zephaniah 3:17

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

Psalms 40:3

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.

Philippians 4:4–8

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. — read the full passage →

Mark 2:27

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Job 21:12

They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Revelation 4:8–7:12

And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, isthe Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come. — read the full passage →

Titus 1:15–3:5

To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 1:7–4:11

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline. — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:10

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

John 4:24–36

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 7:3–26

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad. — read the full passage →

John 15:15–16:33

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you. — read the full passage →

Luke 15:1–32

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

Luke 10:42

but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Isaiah 35:1–36:22

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 5:14–7:8

His hands areasrings of gold set with beryl: His body isasivory work overlaid with sapphires. — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 2:2–4:5

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 9:9–11:10

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

Proverbs 31:17–30

She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 30:18–19

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 27:9–28:23

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 18:22–21:1

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 6:34–7:25

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

Psalms 139:1–24

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

Psalms 112:1–113:9

Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments. — read the full passage →

Psalms 47:1–48:14

Oh clap your hands, all ye peoples; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. — read the full passage →

Job 41:22

In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

Job 31:1–40

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin? — read the full passage →

Esther 2:7–4:16

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. — read the full passage →

Ezra 6:13–7:17

Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence. — read the full passage →

1 Chronicles 15:1–16:43

AndDavidmade him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. — read the full passage →

Judges 21:21–25

and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. — read the full passage →

Numbers 23:23–24:25

Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! — read the full passage →

Numbers 5:14–6:27

and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: — read the full passage →

Genesis 49:21

Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.

Genesis 1:31–2:2

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. — read the full passage →

1 John 2:16–5:18

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:6–21

Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame. — read the full passage →

James 3:16–4:13

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 2:3–6:16

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 4:16–7:16

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Acts 15:20–29

but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. — read the full passage →

Matthew 18:18–19:6

Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. — read the full passage →

Matthew 14:1–36

At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:27–30

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

Amos 5:1–6:14

Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel. — read the full passage →

Hosea 5:4–15

Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

Isaiah 3:12–6:9

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:5–14

Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:23–34

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 11:6–12:23

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity. — read the full passage →

1 Kings 21:25

(But there was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

Romans 7:22–10:21

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: — read the full passage →

Isaiah 25:5–31:1

As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low. — read the full passage →

Psalms 118:13–128:6

Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me. — read the full passage →

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