Music was the opiate of the people long before religion ever was

 

 Ev'ry thing that heard him play,

Ev'n the billows of the sea,

Hung their heads, and then lay by;

In sweet musick is such art,

Killing care, and grief of heart,

Fall asleep, or hearing die.

 

-- William Shakespeare, Henry VIII          

 

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

 

-- I Samuel 16:23

Want of figure, and a small estate

   

 To the world, no bugbear is so great,

As want of figure, and a small estate.

-- Alexander Pope

 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 

 

-- I Samuel 16:7

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever.

 

 -- Psalm 136:1, 23