Bible Verses About Singing and Music: 21 Verses in Full Text

The Bible is full of music: Miriam beats the timbrel, David plays the harp, the temple has a choir, Paul sings in prison. Here you will find 21 Bible verses about singing – for choirs, bands, worship teams, and everyone who draws closer to God through singing.

Sing to the LORD

Exhortations to sing from the Psalms and the Prophets.

Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!

Psalm 96:1
Sing to the LORD a new song; for he does wonders. He triumphs with his right hand and with his holy arm.

Psalm 98:1
Sing to him a new song; make music with skill and sound.

Psalm 33:3
And he has put a new song in my mouth, to praise our God. Many will see this and fear the LORD and hope in him.

Psalm 40:4New Beginning
I will sing to the LORD all my life and praise my God as long as I live.

Psalm 104:33
Praise the LORD! For praising our God is a delightful thing; such praise is pleasant and beautiful.

Psalm 147:1
But I will sing of your power and praise your goodness in the morning; for you are my protection and refuge in my distress.

Psalm 59:17Morning
Serve the LORD with joy; come before his face with gladness!

Psalm 100:2Serving
The LORD is my strength and my song; he is my salvation. This is my God, I will praise him; he is the God of my father, I will exalt him.

2 Samuel 15:2Salvation Strength
And Miriam sang before them: Let us sing to the LORD, for he has done a mighty deed; he has cast the horse and the rider into the sea.

2 Samuel 15:21
Sing praises to the LORD, for he has wonderfully shown himself; let this be known in all the lands.

Isaiah 12:5

Music in the congregation

How songs build community and strengthen faith.

Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you in all wisdom; teach and admonish one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual, lovely songs, and sing to the LORD in your heart.

Colossians 3:16Community Congregation
Speak to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music to the LORD in your heart.

Ephesians 5:19
But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises to God. And the prisoners heard them.

Acts 16:25Praise
If anyone among you suffers, let him pray; if anyone is of good cheer, let him sing psalms.

James 5:13
How then shall this be? I will pray with the spirit and will also pray with the mind; I will sing psalms in the spirit and will also sing psalms with the mind.

1 Corinthians 14:15
Praise him with trumpets; praise him with the harp and lyre! Praise him with timbrels and dancing; praise him with strings and pipes! Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with resounding cymbals!

Psalm 150:3-5
And it was as though one were playing the cornet and singing, as though one heard a voice praising and giving thanks to the LORD. And when the voice rose above the cornet, cymbals, and stringed instruments, and above the praise of the LORD, that he is gracious and his mercy endures forever, then the house of the LORD was filled with a cloud.

2 Chronicles 5:13
For the LORD, your God, is with you, a mighty savior; he will rejoice over you and be gracious to you, and will forgive you and rejoice over you with loud sound.

Zephaniah 3:17Joy Encouragement
And when they had sung the song of praise, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Mark 14:26
And sang a new song and said: You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals; for you were slain and have redeemed us to God with your blood from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Revelation 5:9Blood

Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.

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Singing in the Bible

Moses and Miriam sing the Bible's first great song after crossing the Reed Sea (2 Samuel 15). Since then, singing has been a response to God's actions. King David organizes singers and musicians for worship, and the Psalms are Israel's songbook. Jesus also sings: After the Last Supper, he and his disciples go to the Mount of Olives with a song of praise (Mark 14:26). And Revelation describes heaven as a place where a "new song" is sung (Revelation 5:9).

Why Singing Together Unites

Paul recommends that congregations teach one another with "psalms and hymns and spiritual, lovely songs" (Colossians 3:16). Singing together is therefore not only an adornment for worship, but also pastoral care: songs carry truths into memory that can be recalled in difficult times. Those who serve in a worship team or choir will find suitable verses in Bible verses about praising God and Bible verses about worship, and for the community in Bible verses about community.