Topic
Melody
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 23:16ISBE
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
- Isaiah 51:3ISBE
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
- Amos 5:23ISBE
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
- Ephesians 5:19ISBE
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.