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22 Bible Verses About Singing to the Lord

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Summary

  • Exodus 15 records Israel singing after crossing the sea, and in Revelation 15:3 the conquerors beside a sea of glass sing “the song of Moses” and “the song of the Lamb.”
  • In 2 Chronicles 20:21-22 Jehoshaphat put singers ahead of the army, and the ambush began “when they began to sing and praise.”
  • Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16 direct church singing both to the Lord and to “one another,” as a way of teaching and admonishing.
  • In 1 Corinthians 14:15 Paul will “sing with my mind also,” so that others can say “Amen.”
  • Zephaniah 3:17 promises that the Lord himself will exult over Jerusalem “with loud singing.”

The Bible commands singing to the Lord and gives reasons for it: who God is, what he has done, and what the song does for the people who hear it. The Psalms call the whole earth to sing (Psalm 96:1-2), and Paul tells churches to sing to one another (Colossians 3:16). Israel sings after crossing the sea (Exodus 15:1-2), and Paul and Silas sing in prison at midnight (Acts 16:25). The singing also runs the other way: in Zephaniah 3:17…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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