45 best Bible verses about thanksgiving that will keep you thankful. The number one reasons why we were created is to give God praise, (Isaiah 43:21). Ingratitude is not just an act of disobedience but it is also an act of rebellion.
Thanksgiving is an expression of gratitude for a favor received. Especially towards God.
Talking about favor, we will never be able to mention all of the blessings and favor we have received from God. The Bible on different occasions talked about giving thanks to God.
We humans, when we render a help or a favor to anyone we expect to be thanked or appreciated. If we desire to be thanked or appreciated then how much more God, who despite our faults and our unfaithfulness hath showed us with love and great mercy? Who has been faithful even though we have been unfaithful and rebellious.
45 Bible verses about Thanksgiving
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1. Jeremiah 33:11 – The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
2. 1 Chronicles 16:8-10
1 Chronicles 16:8. Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
1 Chronicles 16:9.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
1 Chronicles 16:10.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
3. 1 Chronicles 16:34 – O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
4. 2 Chronicles 5:13 – It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
5. Isaiah 12:4 – And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
6. Isaiah 24:15 – Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
7. 1 Timothy 4:4-5 –
1 Timothy 4:4. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1 Timothy 4:5. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
8. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 – In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
9. 2 Corinthians 9:11-12
2 Corinthians 9:11. Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians 9:12. For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
10. 2 Corinthians 4:15 – For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
40 Psalms of Thanksgiving – gratitude psalms
What does the Bible say about Thanksgiving
11. 2 Corinthians 1:11 – Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
12. Jeremiah 30:19 – And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not
13. Isaiah 51:3 – For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
14. Colossians 1:12 – Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
15. Colossians 3:16-17 –
Colossians 3:16. 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.
Colossians 3:17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
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16. Philippians 4:6-7
Philippians 4:6. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:7. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
17. 1 Corinthians 1:4-5
1 Corinthians 1:4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
1 Corinthians 1:5. That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
18. Romans 1:8 – First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
19. I Corinthians 11:24 – And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20. Exodus 15:2 – The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
21. Nehemiah 12:46-47
Nehemiah 12:46. For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Nehemiah 12:47. And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
22. Jonah 2:7 – When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
23. Colossians 2:7 – Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
24. Colossians 4:2 – Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
25. 1 Timothy 4:4 – For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with Thanksgiving.
26. Leviticus 22:29 – And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
27. 2 Samuel 22:50 – Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
28.1 Chronicles 16:8-10
1 Chronicles 16:8. Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
1 Chronicles 16:9. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
1 Chronicles 16:10. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
29. Ezra 3:11 – And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
30. Ezra 3:11 – And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
31. Psalms 18:49 – Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
32. Luke 2:38 – And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
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33.1 Corinthians 15:57 – But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
34. Psalms 107:22 – And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
35. Psalms 118:1 – O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
36. Ephesians 5:20 – Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
37. Ephesians 5:4 – Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
38. Colossians 4:2 – Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
39. 1 Thessalonians 1:2 – We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
40. Hebrews 13:15 – 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.
41. Revelation 4:9-11
Revelation 4:9. And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,Revelation 4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
Revelation 4:10. Revelation 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Revelation 4:11. Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
42. 1 Timothy 4:3 – Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
43. 1 Timothy 4:4 – For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
44. Colossians 4:2 – Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
45. Psalms 119:62 – At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
