65 verses contain “harp” (in the KJV: 54, in the BSB: 57) — showing 1–65
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And his brother’s name was
Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the
harp and organ.
And his brother’s name was
Jubal; he was the father of all who play the
harp and
flute.
Wherefore
didst thou
flee away secretly, and
steal away from me; and
didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with
mirth, and with songs, with
tabret, and with
harp?
Why did you run away secretly and
deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and
harps.
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a
psaltery, and a
tabret, and a pipe, and a
harp, before them; and they shall
prophesy:
After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by
harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be
prophesying.
Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a
cunning player on an
harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can
skillfully play the
harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of
Jesse the
Bethlehemite, that is
cunning in playing, and a mighty
valiant man, and a man of war, and
prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of
Jesse of
Bethlehem who knows how to play the
harp. He is a mighty man of
valor, a
warrior,
eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would
pick up his
harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he
prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a
javelin in Saul’s hand.
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he
prophesied inside the house while David played the
harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a
spear,
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his
javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his
spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the
harp,
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of
fir wood, even on
harps, and on
psalteries, and on
timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
David and all the house of Israel were
celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments,
harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
And the king made of the
almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house,
harps also and
psalteries for singers: there came no such
almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
The king made the
almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and
harps for the singers. Never before had such
almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)
But now bring me a
minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with
harps, and with
psalteries, and with
timbrels, and with cymbals, and with
trumpets.
David and all the Israelites were
celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on
harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and
trumpets.
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to
appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick,
psalteries and
harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
David also told the leaders of the Levites to
appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—
harps, lyres, and cymbals.
And
Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with
psalteries on Alamoth;
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the
harps according to Alamoth.
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-
edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with
harps on the Sheminith to
excel.
And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-
edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with
shouting, and with sound of the
cornet, and with
trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with
psalteries and
harps.
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with
shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and
trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of
harps and lyres.
Asaph the chief, and next to him
Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-
edom: and Jeiel with
psalteries and with
harps; but
Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
Asaph was the chief,
Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-
edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the
harps and lyres, while
Asaph sounded the cymbals
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of
Asaph, and of Heman, and of
Jeduthun, who should
prophesy with
harps, with
psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of
Asaph, Heman, and
Jeduthun to
prophesy with the
accompaniment of lyres,
harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
Of
Jeduthun: the sons of
Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father
Jeduthun, who
prophesied with a
harp, to give
thanks and to praise the LORD.
From the sons of
Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father
Jeduthun, who
prophesied with the
harp, giving
thanks and praise to the LORD.
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals,
psalteries, and
harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to
Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman.
All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals,
harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God.
Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of
Asaph, of Heman, of
Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being
arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and
psalteries and
harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with
trumpets:)
all the
Levitical singers—
Asaph, Heman,
Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals,
harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding
trumpets.
And the king made of the
algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and
harps and
psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
The king made the
algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and
harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
And they came to Jerusalem with
psalteries and
harps and
trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with
harps, lyres, and
trumpets.
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with
psalteries, and with
harps, according to the commandment of David, and of
Gad the king’s
seer, and
Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,
harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of
Gad the king’s
seer, and of
Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
And at the
dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the
dedication with
gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals,
psalteries, and with
harps.
They take the
timbrel and
harp, and
rejoice at the sound of the organ.
My
harp also is turned to
mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that
weep.
Canst thou fill his skin with
barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
Praise the LORD with
harp: sing unto him with the
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:
yea, upon the
harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
All thy garments smell of
myrrh, and
aloes, and
cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee
glad.
I will
incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the
harp.
I will also praise thee with the
psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the
harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
So I will praise You with the
harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the
lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
Lift up a song, strike the
tambourine, play the sweet-sounding
harp and
lyre.
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the
psaltery; upon the
harp with a solemn sound.
with the ten-stringed
harp and the
melody of the
lyre.
Sing unto the LORD with the
harp; with the
harp, and the voice of a
psalm.
Sing praises to the LORD with the
lyre, in
melodious song with the
harp.
We
hanged our
harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
There on the willows we hung our harps,
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
Sing unto the LORD with
thanksgiving; sing praise upon the
harp unto our God:
Sing to the LORD with
thanksgiving; make music on the
harp to our God,
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the
timbrel and
harp.
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with
tambourine and
harp.
Praise him with the sound of the
trumpet: praise him with the
psaltery and
harp.
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the
harp and
lyre.
And the
harp, and the
viol, the
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
At their feasts are the
lyre and
harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Thy
pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Your
pomp has been brought down to
Sheol, along with the music of your
harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your
blanket.
Wherefore my
bowels shall sound like an
harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
Take an
harp, go about the city, thou
harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet
melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
“Take up your
harp,
stroll through the city, O forgotten
harlot. Make sweet
melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
The
mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that
rejoice endeth, the joy of the
harp ceaseth.
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and
harps: and in battles of
shaking will he fight with it.
And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons
brandished.
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
As soon as you hear the sound of the horn,
flute,
zither,
lyre,
harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King
Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the
cornet,
flute,
harp,
sackbut,
psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn,
flute,
zither,
lyre,
harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King
Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the
cornet,
flute,
harp,
sackbut,
psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
You, O king, have issued a decree that
everyone who hears the sound of the horn,
flute,
zither,
lyre,
harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the
cornet,
flute,
harp,
sackbut,
psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn,
flute,
zither,
lyre,
harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the
blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the
melody of thy viols.
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not
listen to the music of your
harps.
That
chant to the sound of the
viol, and
invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
You
improvise songs on the
harp like David and
invent your own musical instruments.
And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or
harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or
harped?
Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the
flute or
harp, how will
anyone recognize the
tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
When He had taken the
scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a
harp, and they were holding golden
bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great
thunder: and I heard the voice of
harpers harping with their
harps:
And I heard a sound from heaven like the
roar of many waters and the loud
rumbling of
thunder. And the sound I heard was like
harpists strumming their
harps.
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had
gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the
harps of God.
And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
And the voice of
harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no
craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a
millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
And the sound of
harpists and musicians, of
flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any
craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a
millstone be heard in you again.
Magnify his name, and
shew forth his praise with the songs of your lips, and with
harps, and in praising him ye shall say after this manner:
Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was
trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their
habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the
harp ceased.
Look, at what time and what day the heathen had
profaned it, even in that was it dedicated with songs, and citherns, and
harps, and cymbals.
And entered into it the three and
twentieth day of the second month in the hundred seventy and first year, with
thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and with
harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and songs: because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel.