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What does the Bible say about dancing?

16 verses about dancing, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about dancing

Psalms 149:3 — Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 10 votes
Ecclesiastes 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 8 votes
Psalms 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 6 votes
Exodus 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 5 votes
Psalms 150:4 — Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 4 votes
Jeremiah 31:13 — Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 4 votes
Luke 15:25 — Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 4 votes
Judges 11:34 — And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 3 votes
Exodus 32:6 — 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. 2 votes
Exodus 32:19 — And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 2 votes
1 Samuel 21:11 — And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 2 votes
1 Samuel 30:16 — And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 2 votes
Job 21:11 — They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 2 votes
Psalms 68:25 — The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 2 votes
Psalms 150:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 votes
Lamentations 5:15 — The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. 2 votes

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Psalms (5), Exodus (3), 1 Samuel (2), Judges (1), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1), Luke (1)

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