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What does the Bible say about music and the devil?
18 verses about music and the devil, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about music and the devil
- 1 John 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 8 votes
- Ephesians 5:19 — Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 7 votes
- James 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:5 — It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 votes
- Colossians 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 5 votes
- Psalms 150:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 3 votes
- Colossians 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 3 votes
- 1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 3 votes
- John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 2 votes
- Romans 15:9 — And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 — All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 14:15 — What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 2 votes
- Ephesians 4:26 — Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 2 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 2 votes
- Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 2 votes
- James 4:4 — Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 2 votes
- Revelation 1:1 — The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 votes
Where these verses are
1 Corinthians (3), Ephesians (2), Colossians (2), James (2), 1 John (2), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (1), John (1), Romans (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (1), Revelation (1)
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