1. Psalm 30:11
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness
2. Judges 11:34
When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her, he had no son or daughter.
3. Judges 21:21-23
And watch; and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. It shall come about, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we shall say to them, ‘Give them to us voluntarily, because we did not take for each man of Benjamin a wife in battle, nor did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’” The sons of Benjamin did so and took wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they carried away. And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and lived in them.
4. 1 Samuel 18:6-7
It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing 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 musical instruments. The women sang as they played and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousand.”
5. 1 Samuel 21:11
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing this one as they danced, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
6. 1 Samuel 29:5
Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
7. Jeremiah 31:4
“Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again, you will take up your tambourines, and go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.
8. Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned into mourning.
9. Matthew 11:17
And say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
10. Luke 7:32
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
11. Mark 6:22
And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”
12. Luke 15:25
“Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
13. Psalm 149:3
Let them praise His name with dancing; let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.
14. 2 Samuel 6:14
David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.
15. 1 Chronicles 15:29
It happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.
16. 1 Kings 18:26
Then they took the ox, which was given them, and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they leapt about the altar which they made.
17. Exodus 32:19
It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain.
18. Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.
19. Psalm 30:11
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness…
20. Psalm 149:3
Let them praise His name with dancing; let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.
21. Jeremiah 31:13
“Then the virgin will 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 give them joy for their sorrow.
22. 2 Samuel 6:14
David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.
23. Psalm 150:1-6
Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty expanse. Praise Him for His mighty deeds; praise Him according to His excellent greatness. Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with harp and lyre…
24. Jeremiah 31:4
“Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again, you will take up your tambourines and go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.
25. Job 21:11
“They send forth their little ones like the flock, and their children skip about.
26. Judges 11:34
When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her, he had no son or daughter.
27. Exodus 15:20-21
Miriam, the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing. Miriam answered them, “Sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea.”
28. Psalm 100:1-5
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture…
29. 1 Chronicles 15:29
It happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.
