Bible Verses about Secular Music

Ecclesiastes 7:5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

2 Corinthians 6:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes Therefore go out from their midst, and be
separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 25 helpful votes Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

James 4:4 ESV / 22 helpful votes You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship
with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 22 helpful votes So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever
you do, do all to the glory of God.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes Let 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.

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 17 helpful votes I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies
of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is
honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 1 Corinthians 14:26 ESV / 9 helpful votes What 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.

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 9 helpful votes As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him,
but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day

as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

James 5:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone
cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Ephesians 4:29-30 ESV / 5 helpful votes Let 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. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

John 8:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do
your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.