Here are 57 Bible verses about clapping hands in church, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Psalm 47:1 KJV
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
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Isaiah 55:12 KJV
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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Revelation 1:1 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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Psalm 98:8 KJV
8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
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1 Timothy 2:8 KJV
8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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Nahum 3:19 KJV
19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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Ezekiel 25:6 KJV
6 For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
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Lamentations 2:15 KJV
15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
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Psalm 47:1-9 KJV
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 5 God is gone up …
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John 3:16-17 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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Psalm 150:1-6 KJV
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. …
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Psalm 149:3 KJV
3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
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Psalm 134:2 KJV
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
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Job 34:37 KJV
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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Job 27:23 KJV
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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2 Kings 11:12 KJV
12 And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
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Isaiah 1:15 KJV
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
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1 Timothy 3:5 KJV
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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Philippians 3:6 KJV
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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Ephesians 5:32 KJV
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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Ephesians 5:29 KJV
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
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Ephesians 5:24 KJV
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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1 Corinthians 15:9 KJV
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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1 Corinthians 11:18 KJV
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
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Romans 16:1 KJV
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
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Romans 15:9 KJV
9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
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Romans 14:1-3 KJV
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
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Acts 18:22 KJV
22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
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Acts 12:5 KJV
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
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Acts 12:1 KJV
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
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Matthew 18:17 KJV
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
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Ezekiel 25:6-7 KJV
6 For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord …
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1 Corinthians 14:2 KJV
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
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Psalm 141:2 KJV
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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3 John 1:9 KJV
9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
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1 Peter 5:13 KJV
13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
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1 Timothy 3:2 KJV
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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Ephesians 5:25 KJV
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Ephesians 3:21 KJV
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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1 Corinthians 14:40 KJV
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
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1 Corinthians 14:12 KJV
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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1 Corinthians 11:2 KJV
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
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1 Corinthians 6:4 KJV
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
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Romans 16:5 KJV
5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
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Acts 8:3 KJV
3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
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Zechariah 4:9 KJV
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.
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Ezekiel 25:2 KJV
2 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
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Isaiah 25:11 KJV
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
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Proverbs 31:19 KJV
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
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Psalm 150:1 KJV
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
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Psalm 149:2 KJV
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
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Job 34:2 KJV
2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
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Nehemiah 6:9 KJV
9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
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Leviticus 8:27 KJV
27 And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.
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Exodus 17:12 KJV
12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
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Genesis 49:24 KJV
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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Genesis 27:23 KJV
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
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