Musical Instruments In Church

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. — read the full passage →

Praise Him with blowing of trumpet, Praise Him with psaltery and harp. — read the full passage →

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

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.

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

Shout to Jehovah, all the earth, Break forth, and cry aloud, and sing. — read the full passage →

and the name of his brother <FI>is<Fi> Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ.

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

and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, `with instruments that I made for praising,' <FI>saith David.<Fi>

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

and I heard a voice out of the heaven, as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder, and a voice I heard of harpers harping with their harps, — read the full passage →

and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

Praise Him with blowing of trumpet, Praise Him with psaltery and harp. — read the full passage →

And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints, — read the full passage →

saying, `I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;' and again, `I will be trusting on Him;'

Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;

and the son said to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob. — read the full passage →

And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives;

And he appointeth the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for by the hand of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the command, by the hand of His prophets;

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

yet the things without life giving sound--whether pipe or harp--if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?

and David and all the house of Israel are playing before Jehovah, with all kinds of <FI>instruments<Fi> of fir-wood, even with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cornets, and with cymbals.

and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artisan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;

Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for <FI>it is<Fi> near!

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel. — read the full passage →

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, <FI>with<Fi> cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;

Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,

And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.

Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding; — read the full passage →

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,

They praise His name in a dance, With timbrel and harp sing praise to Him.

To the Overseer. --By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: --I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

and I saw as a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who do gain the victory over the beast, and his image, and his mark, <FI>and<Fi> the number of his name, standing by the sea of the glass, having harps of God, — read the full passage →

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

Singers have been before, Behind <FI>are<Fi> players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

And the priests over their charges are standing, and the Levites with instruments of the song of Jehovah--that David the king made, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness, in David's praising by their hand--and the priests are blowing trumpets over-against them, and all Israel are standing.

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ.

They lift <FI>themselves<Fi> up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

O God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee.

And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints,

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;

And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, in David's returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing--also the dancers--to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments;

and I heard a voice out of the heaven, as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder, and a voice I heard of harpers harping with their harps,

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him; — read the full passage →

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, — read the full passage →

Praise Him with blowing of trumpet, Praise Him with psaltery and harp.

and David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

Sing ye to Him--sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.

And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of <FI>sadness from<Fi> God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.

And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints, — read the full passage →

Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting.

I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

and with them--Heman and Jeduthun--<FI> are<Fi> trumpets and cymbals for those sounding, and instruments of the song of God, and the sons of Jeduthun <FI>are<Fi> at the gate.

And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses; — read the full passage →

Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,

and I saw as a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who do gain the victory over the beast, and his image, and his mark, <FI>and<Fi> the number of his name, standing by the sea of the glass, having harps of God, — read the full passage →

Like myself to-day--a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah--to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'

A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.

With trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah.

Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp, and voice of praise,

Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.

On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.

Singers also as players on instruments, All my fountains <FI>are<Fi> in Thee!

Sing ye to God--praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah <FI>is<Fi> His name, and exult before Him.

Then singeth Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah, and they speak, saying: --`I sing to Jehovah, For triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.

Praise ye Jah! for Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, Sing praise to His name, for <FI>it is<Fi> pleasant.

All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' Selah.

Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise <FI>is<Fi> comely. — read the full passage →

`For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll, — read the full passage →

Shout to Jehovah, all the earth, Break forth, and cry aloud, and sing.

Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.

My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,

And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise--unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.

And they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets,

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

Kingdoms of the earth, sing ye to God, Praise ye the Lord. Selah.

And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs <FI>are<Fi> five, and the chief one;

if any one doth speak--`as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister--`as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power--to the ages of the ages. Amen.