7 Songs alluded to in Scripture

The Bible alludes to several songs without including any lyrics

1. Solomon wrote 1,005 songs (1 Kings 4:32). The Bible doesn’t record them all, but we have a good idea which one Solomon thought was best, the Song of all Songs (Sol 1:1). 

2. When king Hezekiah repaired the temple, the trumpeters kicked off a song to the Lord (2 Chron 29:27)

3. Jeremiah writes a dirge for the fallen king Josiah, but this may be one of the chapters in Lamentations (2 Chron 35:25)

4. Some of the Levites who returned from exile in Babylon are specifically responsible for songs of thanksgiving (Ne 12:8)

5. Jesus and the apostles sing a hymn in the upper room after Christ’s last supper (Matt 26:30). This is probably the Great Hallel from the latter part of the Psalms

6. Paul and Silas sing when they are in prison - before God gets them out (Acts 16:25)

7. The 144,000 redeemed witnesses in John’s revelation sing a song before the throne of God, the living creatures, and the elders - a song only the 144,000 know (Revelation 14:3).

20 Songs in the Old Testament

Besides the songs in the Psalms, the Song of Solomon and the 5 Lamentations there are

1. The song of Moses and Miriam or of the Sea (Exodus 15:1–18, 21)

2. The song of wells in the wilderness (Nu 21:17–18)

3. The song of Moses and Joshua (Deuteronomy 31:19–22, 30, 32:1–43)

4. The song of Deborah and Baruk (Jdg 5)

5. The song of Hannah (1 Sam 2:1-10)
6. The song of David’s victory (1 Sam 18:7)

7. The song of the bow (2 Samuel 1:17–27)

8. The lament of David for Abner (2 Samuel 3:33–34)

9. The song of Asaph for the temple’s completion (2 Chronicles 5:13)

10. Isaiah’s vineyard song (Isaiah 5:1–2)

11. The song of the harlot (Isaiah 23:15) 

12. The song of Judah’s protection (Isaiah 26:1–6)
13. The song of Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:9-20)

14. The lament for the princes of Israel (Ezek 19:1–14)

15. The international lament for Tyre (Ezek 26:17–18)

16. Ezekiel’s lament over Tyre (Ezek 27) includes the sailors' lament for Tyre (Ezek 27:32–36)

17. Ezekiel’s second lament over the king of Tyre (Ezek 28:12–19)

18. Ezekiel’s lament for Pharaoh (Ezek 32:2) 

19. The dirge of Amos for the house of Israel (Amos 5:2)

20. The song of Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3)

[The song of David’s deliverance is in 2 Samuel 22 as well as Ps 18 and Asaph’s psalm of praise is in 1 Ch 16:7 as well as Ps 105]

5 Questions for religious people as found in Romans 2:21-24

Romans 2:21-24

... you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself?

You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery?

You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

You who boast in the law, do you dishonour God by breaking the law?

As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

4 characteristics (plus 4 extras) of the religious in Romans 2:17-20

Romans 2:17-20

Now you,

if you call yourself a Jew;

if you rely on the law and boast in God;

if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

if you are convinced that you are

a guide for the blind,
a light for those who are in the dark,
an instructor of the foolish,
a teacher of little children,

because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - ....

4 forms of idolatry mentioned by Paul in Romans 1

Romans 1:22, 23

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like

a mortal human being

and birds

and animals

and reptiles.

9 forms of idolatry to be avoided according to Moses in Deutereonomy

Deuteronomy 4:15-19
You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape,

whether formed like a man

or a woman,

or like any animal on earth

or any bird that flies in the air,

or like any creature that moves along the ground

or any fish in the waters below.

And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars - all the heavenly array - do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshipping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

3 friends, the heroes of Daniel 3

In Daniel 3:8-30 DAniel's three friends are singled out 11 times

At this time some astrologers came forward and denounced the Jews. They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "May the king live forever! Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold, and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace. But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon - 

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - 

who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up." Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

So these men were brought before the king, and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true,

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,

that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?"

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

replied to him, "King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty's hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,

and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

and throw them into the blazing furnace. So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. The king's command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,

and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, "Weren't there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?" They replied, "Certainly, Your Majesty." He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods." Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted,

"Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,

servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!" So

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

came out of the fire, and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the God of

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,

who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king's command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of 

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way." Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.