1 Corinthians 14:7

Modern English Version

Even when things without life give sound, whether flute or harp, how will it be known what is played unless they give a distinction in the sounds?

Cross References

Matthew 11:17

saying: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge to you, and you did not mourn.’

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace, calling to each other, saying: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned to you, and you did not weep.’

1 Corinthians 13:1

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

1 Corinthians 14:6

Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you by revelation or knowledge or prophesying or teaching?

1 Corinthians 14:8

If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

1 Samuel 10:5

“After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is. And when you come there to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre before them. And they will prophesy.