Verses on Singing

A collection of Scripture passages about singing praises to God

Verses on Singing

Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying:
“I will sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!

Exodus 15:21

And Miriam answered them:
Sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”

Numbers 21:17

Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well!
All of you sing to it—

Judges 5:3

“Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes!
I, even I, will sing to the LORD;
I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

Judges 5:12

“Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away,
O son of Abinoam!

1 Samuel 21:11

And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying:
‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands'?”

2 Samuel 22:50

Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.

1 Chronicles 16:9

Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!

1 Chronicles 16:23

Sing to the LORD, all the earth;
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

2 Chronicles 20:21

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:
“Praise the LORD,
For His mercy endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 20:22

Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.

2 Chronicles 29:30

Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Job 21:12

They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

Job 29:13

The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Psalms 7:17

I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalms 9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

Psalms 9:11

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion!
Declare His deeds among the people.

Psalms 13:6

I will sing to the LORD,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 18:49

Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.

Psalms 21:13

Be exalted, O LORD, in Your own strength!
We will sing and praise Your power.

Psalms 27:6

And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

Psalms 30:4

Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Psalms 30:12

To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Psalms 33:3

Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

Psalms 47:6

Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

Psalms 47:7

For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises with understanding.

Psalms 51:14

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

Psalms 57:7

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise.

Psalms 57:9

I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing to You among the nations.

Psalms 59:16

But I will sing of Your power;
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense
And refuge in the day of my trouble.

Psalms 59:17

To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense,
My God of mercy.

Psalms 61:8

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may daily perform my vows.

Psalms 65:13

The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, they also sing

Psalms 66:2

Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.

Psalms 66:4

All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah

Psalms 67:4

Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy!
For You shall judge the people righteously,
And govern the nations on earth. Selah

Psalms 68:4

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Extol Him who rides on the clouds,
By His name YAH,
And rejoice before Him.

Psalms 68:32

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah

Psalms 71:22

Also with the lute I will praise You—
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 71:23

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.

Psalms 75:9

But I will declare forever,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:1

To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of Asaph.
Sing aloud to God our strength;
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

Psalms 89:1

A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

Psalms 92:1

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.
It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

Psalms 95:1

Oh come, let us sing to the LORD!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

Psalms 96:1

Oh, sing to the LORD a new song!
Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Psalms 96:2

Sing to the LORD, bless His name;
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

Psalms 98:1

A Psalm.
Oh, sing to the LORD a new song!
For He has done marvelous things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.

Psalms 98:4

Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth;
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.

Psalms 98:5

Sing to the LORD with the harp,
With the harp and the sound of a psalm,

Psalms 101:1

A Psalm of David.
I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

Psalms 104:12

By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.

Psalms 104:33

I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Psalms 105:2

Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!

Psalms 108:1

A Song. A Psalm of David.
O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

Psalms 108:3

I will praise You, O LORD, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

Psalms 135:3

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant.

Psalms 137:3

For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Psalms 137:4

How shall we sing the LORD's song
In a foreign land?

Psalms 138:1

A Psalm of David.
I will praise You with my whole heart;
Before the gods I will sing praises to You.

Psalms 138:5

Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD,
For great is the glory of the LORD.

Psalms 144:9

I will sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

Psalms 145:7

They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

Psalms 146:2

While I live I will praise the LORD;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Psalms 147:1

Praise the LORD!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.

Psalms 147:7

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Psalms 149:1

Praise the LORD!
Sing to the LORD a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints.

Psalms 149:3

Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalms 149:5

Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them sing aloud on their beds.

Isaiah 5:1

Now let me sing to my Well-beloved
A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard:
My Well-beloved has a vineyard
On a very fruitful hill.

Isaiah 12:5

Sing to the LORD,
For He has done excellent things;
This is known in all the earth.

Isaiah 23:16

“Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”

Isaiah 24:14

They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the LORD
They shall cry aloud from the sea.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live;
Together with my dead body they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isaiah 27:2

In that day sing to her,
“A vineyard of red wine!

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame shall leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the dumb sing.
For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.

Isaiah 38:20

“The LORD was ready to save me;
Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments
All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD.”

Isaiah 42:10

Sing to the LORD a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth,
You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!

Isaiah 42:11

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,
The villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth;
Break forth into singing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
And glorified Himself in Israel.

Isaiah 49:13

Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted His people,
And will have mercy on His afflicted.

Isaiah 52:8

Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the LORD brings back Zion.

Isaiah 52:9

Break forth into joy, sing together,
You waste places of Jerusalem!
For the LORD has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren,
You who have not borne!
Break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
You who have not labored with child!
For more are the children of the desolate
Than the children of the married woman,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 65:14

Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And wail for grief of spirit.

Jeremiah 20:13

Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD!
For He has delivered the life of the poor
From the hand of evildoers.

Jeremiah 31:7

For thus says the LORD:
Sing with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel!'

Jeremiah 31:12

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
Streaming to the goodness of the LORD—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden,
And they shall sorrow no more at all.

Jeremiah 51:48

Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the LORD.

Hosea 2:15

I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
She shall sing there,
As in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

Amos 6:5

Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;

Zephaniah 2:14

The herds shall lie down in her midst,
Every beast of the nation.
Both the pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the cedar work.

Zephaniah 3:14

Sing, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!

Zechariah 2:10

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the LORD.

Romans 15:9

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:
“For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles,
And sing to Your name.”

1 Corinthians 14:15

What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.

Hebrews 2:12

saying:
“I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”

James 5:13

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

Revelation 15:3

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints!

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