Secular Music

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

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; Anda liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

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

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. — read the full passage →

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: — read the full passage →

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. — read the full passage →

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

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, after the order of David king of Israel.

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

Surely God is good to Israel, Evento such as are pure in heart. — read the full passage →

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

Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons. — read the full passage →

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: — read the full passage →

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit. — read the full passage →

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king. — read the full passage →

saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Cæsar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny; — read the full passage →

And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises. — read the full passage →

Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: — read the full passage →

For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. — read the full passage →

Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →

Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. — read the full passage →

Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works. — read the full passage →

If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. — read the full passage →

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; — read the full passage →

that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them. — read the full passage →

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. — read the full passage →

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee. — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations; — read the full passage →

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary! — read the full passage →

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, — read the full passage →

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of? — read the full passage →

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends. — read the full passage →

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening. — read the full passage →

In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. — read the full passage →

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

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

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

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, — read the full passage →

accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward. — read the full passage →

saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise. — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. — read the full passage →

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. — read the full passage →

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. — read the full passage →

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah. — read the full passage →

I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High. — read the full passage →

Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. — read the full passage →

And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you: — read the full passage →

know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you. — read the full passage →

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. — read the full passage →

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: — read the full passage →

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.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; — read the full passage →

not at all meaning with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world: — read the full passage →

Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction. — read the full passage →

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast. — read the full passage →

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

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. — read the full passage →

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. — read the full passage →

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? — read the full passage →

Simon the Cananæan, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. — read the full passage →

Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. — read the full passage →

Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, — read the full passage →

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? — read the full passage →