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The 14 most-voted verses about dance, from 10 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

Psalm 149:3 (BSB)

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalm 149:3 (KJV)

Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

Psalm 149:3 (WEB)

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (BSB)

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (KJV)

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (WEB)

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalm 30:11 (BSB)

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Psalm 30:11 (KJV)

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

Psalm 30:11 (WEB)

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Exodus 15:20 (BSB)

¶ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Exodus 15:20 (KJV)

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.

Exodus 15:20 (WEB)

And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,

2 Samuel 6:14 (BSB)

And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.

2 Samuel 6:14 (KJV)

David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.

2 Samuel 6:14 (WEB)

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

Psalm 150:4 (BSB)

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Psalm 150:4 (KJV)

Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!

Psalm 150:4 (WEB)

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:13 (BSB)

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:13 (KJV)

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, 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.

Jeremiah 31:13 (WEB)

And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.

Judges 11:34 (BSB)

¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Judges 11:34 (KJV)

Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

Judges 11:34 (WEB)

Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 15:25 (BSB)

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

Luke 15:25 (KJV)

“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 15:25 (WEB)

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

1 Samuel 18:6 (BSB)

And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

1 Samuel 18:6 (KJV)

As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, 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.

1 Samuel 18:6 (WEB)

So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:16 (BSB)

¶ And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:16 (KJV)

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:16 (WEB)

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chronicles 15:29 (BSB)

¶ And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chronicles 15:29 (KJV)

As the ark of the LORD’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chronicles 15:29 (WEB)

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

Job 21:11 (BSB)

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Job 21:11 (KJV)

They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.

Job 21:11 (WEB)

Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

Jeremiah 31:4 (BSB)

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Jeremiah 31:4 (KJV)

I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.

Jeremiah 31:4 (WEB)

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