1 Corinthians 14:7

English Majority Text Version

Likewise the lifeless things, when they make a sound, whether flute or harp, unless they make a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is being played on the flute, or what is being played on the harp?

Cross References

Matthew 11:17

and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; We mourned to you, and you did not lament.'

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned for you, and you did not weep.'

1 Corinthians 13:1

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become as sounding brass or a clashing cymbal.

1 Corinthians 14:6

But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either in a revelation, or in knowledge, or in a prophesy, or in doctrine?

1 Corinthians 14:8

For if the trumpet gives an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle?