25 Bible Verses about Instrumentalists

Sing a new song to Him;
play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

His brother was named Jubal; he was the father of all who play the lyre and the flute.

The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. Your use of these is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the trumpeter was beside me.

We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t mourn!

The sound of harpists, musicians,
flutists, and trumpeters
will never be heard in you again;
no craftsman of any trade
will ever be found in you again;
the sound of a mill
will never be heard in you again;

Let our lord command your servants here in your presence to look for someone who knows how to play the lyre. Whenever the evil spirit from God troubles you, that person can play the lyre, and you will feel better.”

Then Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well and bring him to me.”

One of the young men answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man, a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the Lord is with him.”

Whenever the spirit from God troubled Saul, David would pick up his lyre and play, and Saul would then be relieved, feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

The next day an evil spirit sent from God took control of Saul, and he began to rave inside the palace. David was playing the lyre as usual, but Saul was holding a spear,

Now an evil spirit sent from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear. David was playing the lyre,

Now, bring me a musician.”

While the musician played, the Lord’s hand came on Elisha.

I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of cascading waters and like the rumbling of loud thunder. The sound I heard was also like harpists playing on their harps.

These are the men David put in charge of the music in the Lord’s temple after the ark came to rest there. They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them. These are the men who served with their sons.

From the Kohathites: Heman the singer,
son of Joel, son of Samuel,
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son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham,
son of Eliel, son of Toah,
son of Zuph, son of Elkanah,
son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
son of Elkanah, son of Joel,
son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,
son of Tahath, son of Assir,
son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
son of Izhar, son of Kohath,
son of Levi, son of Israel. Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand:
Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
son of Michael, son of Baaseiah,
son of Malchijah, son of Ethni,
son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,
son of Ethan, son of Zimmah,
son of Shimei, son of Jahath,
son of Gershom, son of Levi. On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons:
Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,
son of Malluch, son of Hashabiah,
son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,
son of Amzi, son of Bani,
son of Shemer, son of Mahli,
son of Mushi, son of Merari,
son of Levi. Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.

Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;

Asaph was the chief and Zechariah was second to him. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel played the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God. Jeduthun’s sons were at the gate.

4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”

David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:

All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the Lord’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority. They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the Lord. They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.

the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets. The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons and relatives. The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the Lord:

For He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

The temple, the Lord’s temple, was filled with a cloud.

The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.