Ephesians 5:19 · KJV
“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
— Ephesians 5:19
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians 5 — Context
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord {is}.
18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Cross References
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14:26
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
Psalms 95:2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. {come...: Heb. prevent his face}
Acts 16:25
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Psalms 147:7
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
James 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Psalms 105:2-3
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
John 4:23-24
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.