Job 34:3for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.1Co 14:26What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.Job 12:11Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?1Co 14:9So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.1Co 14:7If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played?1Co 14:27If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret.Jer 4:21How long must I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?Ac 2:8And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?1Co 14:6Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?Eph 5:19addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,Jas 3:1Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.Ps 19:3There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.1Co 14:4The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.1Co 14:28But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God.Ac 2:6And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.1Co 14:23If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?Tit 2:1But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.1Co 14:8And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?1Co 14:31For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged,Eze 33:32And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.Ps 92:3to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.Eze 3:6not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you.Col 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.1Co 14:5Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.1Co 12:10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.Heb 12:19and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.1Ti 4:15Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.1Co 14:19Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.1Co 14:29Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.Pr 2:2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;Ps 81:2Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.So 8:13He: O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.1Ch 15:22Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it.Ec 12:4and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low—1Ti 4:13Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.Mt 9:26And the report of this went through all that district.1Co 14:12So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.De 32:2May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.Eph 4:29Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.Pr 23:12Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.1Co 14:39So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.2Co 13:5Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!Ezr 2:41The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128.Eze 33:30“As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’Eze 44:5And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statutes of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary.1Co 14:32and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.Eze 10:5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.Isa 28:23Give ear, and hear my voice; give attention, and hear my speech.Job 21:12They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.2Ch 5:13and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,1Co 14:40But all things should be done decently and in order.1Co 2:4and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,1Co 14:3On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.1Co 1:5that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—Re 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,Da 3:10You, O king, have made a decree, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image.Jas 1:19Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;Eze 3:13It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great earthquake.Job 4:16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:2Ch 5:12and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 priests who were trumpeters;Eze 37:7So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.Re 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet1Co 1:6even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—2Ti 4:2preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.2Ti 4:1I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:Da 3:5that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.1Co 14:1Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.Re 6:1Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”Jud 5:11To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord, the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel. “Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.Da 1:14So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.1Co 13:1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.1Co 11:28Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.1Co 2:1And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.Ac 13:15After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.”Da 3:4And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,Ps 150:3Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!Eze 2:1And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.”Eze 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!”Re 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’Re 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’Ps 87:7Singers and dancers alike say, “All my springs are in you.”Re 3:13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’Pr 17:7Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.Ac 15:12And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.De 32:1“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.Re 3:22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”Lu 7:32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’Isa 6:4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.Col 4:4that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.Ro 10:15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”1Co 14:2For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.Mr 7:37And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”Ex 35:17the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;Ne 7:44The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148.Ps 29:4The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.Eze 2:7And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.Eze 3:10Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.Ps 68:25the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:Eze 40:8Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed.1Ch 16:5Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,