What does the Bible say about praise dance in church?
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The Bible presents dancing as a fitting, joyful expression of praise to God when it flows from reverence, gratitude, and obedience to his Word. Psalms 149:3 and 150:4 call God’s people to praise him with dancing and instruments, while Psalm 150:1 anchors such praise in God’s sanctuary and mighty works. David danced before the Lord with wholehearted joy as the ark came to Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6:14. Miriam and the women celebrated God’s deliverance after the exodus in Exodus 15:20. Yet Christian worship should seek God’s glory rather than performance, be governed by biblical wisdom, and build up the gathered church in orderly, humble joy.
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- Psalms 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
- Psalms 150:4
Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
- 2 Samuel 6:14
David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
- Jeremiah 31:4
Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again shall you be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
- Exodus 15:20
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
- Psalms 150:1
Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
- 1 Samuel 18:6
It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
- Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
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