Bible Verses About Worship Preparation

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord.

And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

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.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order.

But let none come into the house of the Lord, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord.

Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

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.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even;

Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.