Amos 5:23

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Cross-references

Amos 6:5 Parallel

Amos 6:5 similarly condemns idle songs to the harp, reinforcing that God rejects their musical worship.

Amos 8:3 Parallel

Amos 8:3 predicts songs turning to wailings, the judgment that follows God's rejection of their noise.

Amos 8:10 Parallel

Amos 8:10 echoes the same judgment: songs turned to lamentation, fulfilling God's rejection.

2 Samuel 6:5 shows joyful worship with harps that was accepted, contrasting with the rejected noise in Amos.

1 Chronicles 13:8 similarly describes accepted worship with harps, contrasting the rejected worship in Amos.