What Does the Bible Say About Words Were Singing?

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 7 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.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Acts 16:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

1 Corinthians 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

Psalm 59:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psalm 9:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

James 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Isaiah 12:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.

Psalm 147:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

Psalm 105:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!

Psalm 104:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

Psalm 71:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.

Psalm 32:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

Psalm 5:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.

Revelation 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,

James 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Romans 15:9 ESV / 2 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.”

Acts 16:1-25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. ...

Mark 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Isaiah 44:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.

Isaiah 12:1-15:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted. “Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. ...

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Psalm 150:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!

Psalm 108:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

Psalm 100:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 96:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!

Psalm 95:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

Psalm 95:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

Psalm 68:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him! Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Psalm 66:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.

Psalm 63:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

Psalm 33:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Psalm 18:49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing to your name.

Psalm 16:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 13:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 13:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Job 29:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

1 Chronicles 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

1 Chronicles 9:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

Numbers 21:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well!—Sing to it!—

Exodus 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

43 Bible Verses about Words Were Singing

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 16:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 59:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 9:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 12:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 147:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 105:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 71:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 32:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 5:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 16:1-25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 44:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 12:1-15:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 150:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 108:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 100:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 96:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 95:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 68:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 66:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 63:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 33:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 18:49 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 16:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 13:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Job 29:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 9:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 21:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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