Amos 6:5

God's Word

How horrible it will be for those who make up songs as they strum a harp. Like David, they write all kinds of songs for themselves.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why did you leave secretly and trick me? You didn’t even tell me you were leaving. I would have sent you on your way rejoicing, with songs accompanied by tambourines and lyres.

1 Chronicles 15:16

David told the Levite leaders to appoint some of their relatives to serve as musicians. They were expected to play music on harps, lyres, and cymbals to produce joyful music for singing.

1 Chronicles 23:5

4,000 were appointed to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 were appointed to praise the Lord with the instruments David had made for praising God.

2 Chronicles 29:26

The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the priests had the trumpets.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered silver and gold for myself. I gathered the treasures of kings and provinces. I provided myself with male and female singers and the pleasures men have with one concubine  after another.

Isaiah 5:12

At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they don’t pay attention to what the Lord is doing or see what his hands have done.

Ezekiel 26:13

“I will put a stop to your noisy songs, and the music from your harps will no longer be heard.

Amos 5:23

Spare me the sound of your songs. I won’t listen to the music of your harps.

Amos 8:3

On that day the songs of the temple will become loud cries,” declares the Almighty Lord. “There will be dead bodies scattered everywhere. Hush!”

1 Peter 4:3

You spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. You were promiscuous, had sinful desires, got drunk, went to wild parties, and took part in the forbidden worship of false gods.

Revelation 18:22

The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in it again. A skilled craftsman—regardless of the type of craft— will never be found in it again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in it again.