What Does the Bible Say About Praise Dance In Church?

Psalm 149:3 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!

Psalm 150:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!

2 Samuel 6:14 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.

Jeremiah 31:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

Exodus 15:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Psalm 150:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 31:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

1 Samuel 18:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 8 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,

Psalm 30:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Romans 14:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

Luke 15:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Titus 2:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

John 4:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 4:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Matthew 11:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Psalm 150:1-4 ESV / 5 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!

Psalm 149:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!

2 Samuel 6:1-23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark. And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. ...

Titus 2:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

Acts 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 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.

Matthew 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,

Lamentations 5:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Psalm 150:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!

1 Chronicles 15:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 6:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 6:12-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn. As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

1 Samuel 30:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

Judges 11:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

Exodus 32:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

Exodus 15:20-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Hebrews 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 2 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.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Corinthians 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

Acts 2:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Jeremiah 31:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and shall enjoy the fruit.

Psalm 150:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!

Psalm 147:1 ESV / 2 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 138:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Of David. I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

Psalm 135:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord,

Psalm 7:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

2 Samuel 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.

2 Samuel 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

Exodus 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.

51 Bible Verses about Praise Dance In Church

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