A Scriptual Study of Dance In Worship
Exodus 15:20 - Worshipping God for deliverance
Judges 11:34 - Jephthah's daughter worshipping God for her father's victory
Judges 21:19 - Women of Shiloh's yearly festival (Feast of the Tabernacle) celebrating God's provision of that year's crop
I Samuel 18:6 - Women dancing, worshipping God for the victories of David and Saul over the Philistines
I Samuel 21:11 - Interpreting songs of worship to God for His deliverance from the Philistines through David and Saul
I Samuel 30:16 - Celebrating God's provision after the Philistines had been defeated by David
II Samuel 6:14 - David worshipping God in response to His revelation of power
Psalm 30:11 - Worshipping God as evidence of deliverance from mourning
Psalm 149:3 - God's command to praise and worship His name in dance
Psalm 150:4 - Same as 149:3
Ecclesiastes 3:4 - God ordains a time to dance
Jeremiah 31:4 - Prophetic word that we, too, will dance in response to God's deliverance and provision
Lamentations 5:15 - What happens when God removes His blessings from us because of our disobedience to His commands
Matthew 11:17 - Jesus recognizes that dancing is the appropriate response to God's provision
Luke 15:25 - Jesus uses the illustration of dancing as a normal means of celebrating when God delivers someone from death and separation from Him