1 Corinthians 14:7

New English Translation

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

Cross References

Matthew 11:17

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 14:6

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

1 Corinthians 14:8

If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?

1 Samuel 10:5

Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.