Dance

Movement, usually in response to music, which is often a spontaneous expression of joy and delight in the Lord.

Dance as an expression of joy

Exodus 15:20; Psalm 30:11 See also Judges 11:34, Judges 21:21–23; 1 Samuel 18:6–7, 1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 29:5; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Song of Solomon 6:13; Jeremiah 31:4, Jeremiah 31:13; Lamentations 5:15; Matthew 11:17 parallel Luke 7:32; Mark 6:22 The daughter of Herodias dances for Herod; Luke 15:25

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Dance as an expression of praise

Psalm 150:4 See also Psalm 149:3; 2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:16; 1 Chronicles 15:29

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

Dance as an aspect of pagan worship

1 Kings 18:26 See also Exodus 32:19

And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.