What Does the Bible Say About Heavy Metal?

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 74 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 21 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 12:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Corinthians 10:21 ESV / 15 helpful votes

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 12 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 11 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,

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 Kings 20:43 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And the king of Israel went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

1 Kings 14:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with unbearable news for you.

1 Kings 12:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

Philippians 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

2 Chronicles 10:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

1 John 4:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

1 John 2:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

2 Peter 3:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Romans 13:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Psalm 24:3-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Revelation 21:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 19:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

James 1:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Hebrews 8:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Colossians 4:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Philippians 4:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Ephesians 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

2 Corinthians 11:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:40 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But all things should be done decently and in order.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Psalm 144:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

2 Chronicles 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 12:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

Revelation 14:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 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.

1 Kings 21:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.

1 Kings 12:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

1 Samuel 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there.

60 Bible Verses about Heavy Metal

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 74 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:21 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 20:43 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 14:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 12:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 10:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 24:3-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 21:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 19:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 8:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 11:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:40 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 144:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 12:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 14:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 21:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 12:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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