Amos 5:23 has God rejecting the noise of songs and harps — the same music Amos condemns in 6:5 is unacceptable.

Amos 8:3 predicts temple songs will turn to wailing — the idle music of 6:5 will be silenced in judgment.

In 1 Chronicles 23:5, David appointed Levites to play instruments in worship — a positive model that contrasts with the idle, self-indulgent music here.

Job 21:12 describes the wicked singing with tambourine and lyre — the same kind of revelry Amos condemns as idle.

Isaiah 5:12 lists lyre, harp, tambourine, flute and wine, condemning those who ignore God — a direct parallel to Amos's indictment.

Revelation 18:22 describes the silence of harpists and musicians in Babylon's fall — mirroring the judgment on the idle music Amos condemns.

In 2 Samuel 6:5, David led joyful worship with instruments — contrasting with the complacent, self-gratifying music condemned here.

In 1 Chronicles 13:8, David and Israel celebrated with instruments before the ark — a worshipful model that contrasts with the idle songs here.

In 2 Chronicles 7:6, Levites used instruments in proper temple worship — opposite of the self-made, complacent music condemned here.

In 2 Chronicles 29:26, Hezekiah restored Davidic instruments for true worship — a corrective to the superficial imitation of David here.

1 Timothy 5:6 warns that the self-indulgent are dead while alive — directly echoing Amos's idle singers who live for pleasure without spiritual concern.

In Genesis 4:21, Jubal is the father of those who invent instruments — a parallel to the 'inventing' here, though there it's a cultural origin, not misuse.

In Nehemiah 12:36, Davidic instruments were used in communal celebration — a legitimate context that contrasts with the idle, selfish music here.