Zechariah 4

Which worship songs are based on Zechariah 4?

  1. Love Is Marching — BarlowGirl (2009) Zechariah 4:6

    The opening rejection of power and strength closely adapts Zechariah’s paired rejection of human might and power. The song identifies chosen love as the alternative, whereas the passage attributes the work to God’s Spirit.

  2. By The Spirit (Live) — Pat Barrett (2021) Zechariah 4:6

    The chorus directly adopts Zechariah’s contrast between human strength and accomplishment through God’s Spirit.

  3. Jericho-The Shout of Victory — Carman (2017) Zechariah 4:6

    The song directly cites God's declaration that his work is accomplished through the Spirit rather than human military strength or power.

  4. Rise (Kye Kye remix) — Josh Garrels (2011) Zechariah 4:6

    The chorus closely adapts Zechariah’s rejection of human might and power as the means of accomplishing God’s work. The song substitutes divine love for the verse’s emphasis on God’s Spirit, while explicitly invoking the Spirit’s guidance elsewhere.

  5. Holy — Beckah Shae (2011) Zechariah 4:6

    The song closely adapts the verse’s distinctive contrast between human might or power and accomplishment through God’s Spirit. It applies this declaration to dependence on God rather than human capability.

  6. All I Know — Childlike CiCi & TuKool Tiff & LANELL GRANT & Jackie Hill Perry (2025) Zechariah 4:6

    The verse closely reproduces Zechariah’s declaration that God’s work is accomplished by his Spirit rather than human strength.

  7. Holy Ground (Live) — Passion (2020) Zechariah 4:6

    The second verse directly adopts Zechariah’s contrast between human power and divine agency, then applies it christologically to life received through the cross.

  8. Quebra o Silêncio - Ao Vivo — fhop music (2025) Zechariah 4:6

    The song directly adopts Zechariah’s contrast between human power and accomplishment through God’s Spirit.

  9. Up To Something (Live) — UPPERROOM & Rudy Villarreal & Skylar Dayne & ONE HOUSE (2024) Zechariah 4:6

    The second chorus directly contrasts human power and might with dependence upon God's Spirit, closely reproducing Zechariah's message to Zerubbabel.

  10. God Problems (Not By Power) [feat. Miles Minnick] — Maverick City Music & Miles Minnick (2024) Zechariah 4:6

    The song repeatedly uses Zechariah's declaration that God's work is accomplished through his Spirit rather than human strength or military force.

  11. Army of the Light — Ariel Fitz-Patrick (2025) Zechariah 4:6

    The song directly invokes Zechariah’s contrast between human strength and the power of God’s Spirit, grounding its militant confidence in divine rather than personal ability.

  12. Your Spirit — Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Kierra Sheard (2017) Zechariah 4:6

    The chorus directly adopts Zechariah’s declaration that God’s work is accomplished through his Spirit rather than human strength or force.

  13. Fill the Room — Maverick City Music & Chandler Moore (2020) Zechariah 4:6

    The prayer directly invokes Zechariah's contrast between human strength and accomplishment by God's Spirit, applying it to the musicians and their worship.

  14. By the Spirit — Pat Barrett (2021) Zechariah 4:6

    The chorus directly adopts Zechariah’s contrast between human strength and the accomplishing work of God’s Spirit. In Zechariah, the declaration assures Zerubbabel that the temple will be completed through divine agency rather than human force.

  15. Bigger Everyday — Moses Bliss & Festizie & The membrane & Uwa & Chris Heaven & Temple (2021) Zechariah 4:6

    The final refrain closely cites God's message to Zerubbabel that divine work is accomplished through the Spirit rather than human force or ability.

  16. God Problems — Maverick City Music & Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine (2023) Zechariah 4:6

    The chorus directly adopts Zechariah’s declaration that God’s work is accomplished through his Spirit rather than human strength or force.

  17. Wait on You (reprise) — Elevation Worship (2021) Zechariah 4:6

    The intro closely paraphrases Zechariah’s contrast between human power and accomplishment through the Spirit of the Lord.

  18. Move In Power - Live — Planetshakers (2026) Zechariah 4:6

    The lyrics explicitly reference the phrase 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' which is a direct quotation from Zechariah 4:6, emphasizing reliance on the Spirit of the Lord rather than human strength.

  19. Coritos Medley — Israel & New Breed (2021) Zechariah 4:6-7

    The song closely restates Zechariah’s contrast between military or human strength and accomplishment by God’s Spirit, then connects that declaration with the removal of a mountain-like obstacle.

  20. Says The Lord (Live) — The Belonging Co & Andrew Holt (2023) Zechariah 4:6

    The chorus directly adapts God's declaration to Zerubbabel that divine purposes are accomplished through the Spirit rather than human might or power.

  21. Not By Might, Not By Power — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2020) Zechariah 4:6

    The chorus directly reproduces the Lord’s declaration to Zerubbabel that God’s work is accomplished through His Spirit rather than human strength or resources.

  22. Igbega — Esther Oji (2024) Zechariah 4:7

    The address to a mountain and the declaration that it becomes level closely reproduce Zechariah's prophetic assurance that the obstacle before Zerubbabel will be flattened.

  23. No Holiday — K3ndrick (2025) Zechariah 4:7

    The rhetorical question about the great mountain reflects the sentiment of Zechariah 4:7, which speaks to the removal of obstacles by God's power.

Zechariah 4 (King James Version)

1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,

2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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.

10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.