What Does the Bible Say About Clapping In Church?

Psalm 47:1 ESV / 42 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

Isaiah 55:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes

“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Psalm 98:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together

Ezekiel 25:6-7 ESV / 19 helpful votes

For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel, therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Romans 14:1-3 ESV / 17 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! ...

Romans 15:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”

Lamentations 2:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes

All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

1 Timothy 2:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

John 3:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Nahum 3:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?

Ezekiel 25:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel,

Philippians 3:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

As to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

Psalm 141:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

Psalm 47:1-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. ...

3 John 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

1 Peter 5:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son.

1 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

Ephesians 5:32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Ephesians 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Ephesians 3:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 15:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Corinthians 14:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

1 Corinthians 11:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,

1 Corinthians 6:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?

Romans 16:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.

Romans 16:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae,

Acts 18:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.

Acts 12:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

Acts 12:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.

Acts 8:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

Matthew 18:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Psalm 149:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!

Psalm 134:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord!

Job 34:37 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

Job 27:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.

2 Kings 11:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”

Revelation 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 14:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Isaiah 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Psalm 149:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!

Psalm 149:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly! Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King! Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre! For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. ...

Psalm 98:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!

Psalm 47:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

Nehemiah 8:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

51 Bible Verses about Clapping In Church

Psalm 47:1 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 55:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 98:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Revelation 1:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 18:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 149:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Job 34:37 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Kings 11:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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