Ephesians 5:19

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“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,”

What this verse means

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BSBPD

“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 5:19 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 47:7For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.
  2. Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
  3. Psalms 86:12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
  4. Psalms 95:2Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
  5. Psalms 105:2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
  6. Psalms 147:7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
  7. Isaiah 65:14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
  8. Matthew 15:8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
  9. Matthew 26:30And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
  10. John 4:23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
  11. Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
  12. 1 Corinthians 14:26What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
  13. Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  14. James 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

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