56 Bible Verses about Thanksgiving
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And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the LORD, and to repeat, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.
O go your way into his gates then with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe, and know the truth. For all the creatures of God are good: and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! For he satisfieth the greedy soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good.
O sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God, which covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains; which giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him.
And Jesus answered and said, "Are there not ten cleansed? But where are those nine? There are not found that returned again, to give God praise, save only this stranger."
So that his invisible things, that is to say, his eternal power and godhead, are understood and seen by the works from the creation of the world. So that they are without excuse, inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations. And their foolish hearts were blinded.
He that observeth one day more than another, doth it for the Lord's pleasure. And he that observeth not one day more than another, doth it to please the Lord, also. He that eateth, doth it to please the lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, eateth not to please the Lord withal, and giveth God thanks.
Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.
If he offer to give thanks, he shall bring unto his thank offering: sweet cakes mingled with oil and sweet wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil of fine flour fried, and he shall bring his offering upon cakes made of leavened bread unto the thank offering of his peace offerings, and of them all he shall offer one to be a heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priests that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.read more.
And the flesh of the thank offering of his peace offerings shall be eaten the same day that it is offered, and there shall none of it be laid up until the morning.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving, and will pay that that I have vowed, that saving cometh of the LORD."
Is not the cup of blessing which we bless, partaking of the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break, partaking of the body of Christ?
For if I take my part with thanks: why am I evil spoken of for that thing wherefore I give thanks?
For else when thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say "amen" at thy giving of thanks? Seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? Thou verily givest thanks well: but the other is not edified.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and show ourself glad in him with psalms.
And that same time David did appoint chiefly to thank the LORD by Asaph and his brethren: "Thank the LORD, call on his name, make his acts known among the people! Sing unto him and play unto him: and record all his wonderful deeds!
And they sang together, giving praise and thanks unto the LORD; because he is gracious, and because his mercy endureth forever upon Israel. And all the people shouted loud in praising the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
The Levites were these: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, over the office of thanksgiving, they and their brethren:
For the LORD hath compassion on Zion and hath compassion on all that is decayed therein, and will make her wilderness as paradise, and her desert as the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, with thanksgiving and the voice of praise.
And out of them shall go thanksgiving, and the voice of joy. I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish: I shall endue them with honour, and no man shall subdue them.
speaking unto yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
I exhort therefore that above all things, prayers, supplications, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be had for all men:
And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, which was the principal to begin the thanksgiving unto prayer. And Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time.
ye may be made rich in all singleness, which causeth through us, thanksgiving unto God. For the office of this ministration, not only supplieth the need of the saints: but also is abundant herein, that for this laudable ministering, thanks might be given to God of many,
neither filthiness, neither foolish talking, neither jestings, which are not comely: but rather giving of thanks.
In all things give thanks. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks.
And all things, whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.
But thanks be unto God, which hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
O wretched man that I am: who shall deliver me from this body of death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord: So then I myself in my mind serve the law of God, and in my flesh the law of sin.
Thanks be unto God which always giveth us the victory in Christ, and openeth the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
for all things I do for your sakes, that the plenteous grace by thanks given of many, may redound to the praise of God.
giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, even so walk rooted and built in him, and steadfast in the faith, as ye have learned: and therein be plenteous in giving thanks.
And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
And he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples, to set before the people.
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, gave thanks, brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them. And they did set them before the people.
And it came to pass as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it unto them.
and thanked and brake, and said, "Take ye, and eat ye. This is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me."
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came against us to Appius, and to the three taverns, and met us. When Paul saw them he thanked God, and waxed bold.
God be thanked, that though ye were once the servants of sin, ye have yet obeyed with your heart unto the form of doctrine where unto ye were delivered.
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord which hath made me strong: for he counted me true, and put me in office,
And when those beasts gave glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the seat, which liveth forever and ever,
saying, amen, "Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanks, and honour, and power and might, be unto our God, for evermore, amen."
saying, "We give thee thanks Lord God, almighty: which art and wast, and art to come, for thou hast received thy great might, and hast reigned.
From Thematic Bible
Prayer » Accompanied with » Thanksgiving
Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks.
Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,
Psalms » Thanksgiving
Psalms » Thanksgiving » For God's mercies to individuals
Psalms » Thanksgiving » For God's goodness to good men
Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Thanksgiving
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name.
And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me. Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness; I will sing and speak praises unto the LORD.
- That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness!
Thanksgiving » Encouraged
Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks.
giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
And all things, whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.
For all the creatures of God are good: and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.
Thanksgiving » Ministers appointed to offer, in public
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the LORD, and to repeat, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
and to wait every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening.
And Hezekiah set the priests and the Levites in their order to wait by course, every man according to his office whether priest or Levite, for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to minister and to thank and to pray in the gates of the lodge of the LORD.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the grace bestowed on others
I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ,
I thank my God with all remembrance of you, always in all my prayers for you all, and pray with gladness, because of the fellowship which ye have in the gospel, from the first day unto now;
We give thanks to God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you in our prayers, since we heard of your faith which ye have in Christ Jesus: and of the love which ye bear to all saints for the hope's sake which is laid up in store for you in heaven, of which hope ye have heard before by the true word of the gospel, read more.
which is come unto you, even as it is into all the world, and is fruitful as it is among you, from the first day in the which ye heard of it, and had experience in the grace of God in the truth,
Thanksgiving » The heavenly host engaged in
And all the angels stood in the compass of the seat, and of the elders and of the four beasts, and fell before the seat on their faces, and worshipped God,
And the twenty four elders, which sit before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, "We give thee thanks Lord God, almighty: which art and wast, and art to come, for thou hast received thy great might, and hast reigned.
And when those beasts gave glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the seat, which liveth forever and ever,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Always
giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
Thanksgiving » Christ set an example of
At that time, Jesus answered and said, "I praise thee, O father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them unto babes,
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lift up his eyes and said, "father I thank thee, because that thou hast heard me;
And Jesus took the bread, and gave thanks, and gave to the disciples; and his disciples, to them that were set down. And likewise of the fishes, as much as they would.
Thanksgiving » Should always accompany prayer
Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks.
And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, which was the principal to begin the thanksgiving unto prayer. And Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Through Christ
And all things, whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.
First: Verily I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is published throughout all the world.
For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name.
Thanksgiving » Should be accompanied by intercession for others
I thank God, whom I serve from mine elders with pure conscience, that without ceasing I make mention of thee in my prayers night and day,
I exhort therefore that above all things, prayers, supplications, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be had for all men:
I thank my God always making mention always of thee in my prayers,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the goodness and mercy of God
Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah! O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever.
Give thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious! And his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the God of all gods! For his mercy endureth forever. O thank the LORD of all lords! For his mercy endureth forever.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all things
giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
ye may be made rich in all singleness, which causeth through us, thanksgiving unto God.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For faith exhibited by others
We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and every one of you swimmeth in love toward another between yourselves,
First: Verily I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is published throughout all the world.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the supply of our bodily wants
He that observeth one day more than another, doth it for the Lord's pleasure. And he that observeth not one day more than another, doth it to please the Lord, also. He that eateth, doth it to please the lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, eateth not to please the Lord withal, and giveth God thanks. For none of us liveth his own servant: and also neither doth any of us die his own servant.
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe, and know the truth. For all the creatures of God are good: and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Upon the completion of great undertakings
And I caused the princes of Judah to go up upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs of thanksgiving, which went on the righthand of the wall toward the Dung gate,
and so stood the two choirs of thanksgiving of the house of God, and I and the half of the rulers with me,
Thanksgiving » Saints » Exhorted to
and the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which peace ye are called in one body: and see that ye be thankful.
O give thanks unto the LORD, and call upon his name; tell the people what things he hath done.
Thanksgiving » Commanded
Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks.
Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.
Thanksgiving » Should always accompany praise
For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name.
{A Psalm of the song for the Sabbath Day} It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most highest!
Thanksgiving » Saints » Resolved to offer
For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the gentiles, and sing praises unto thy name. {TYNDALE: And therefore I will praise thee O LORD among the heathen, and will sing unto thy name.}
Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing. O my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » At the remembrance of God's holiness
Sing praises unto the LORD, O ye saints of his; and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness.
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous: and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Before taking food
And when he had thus spoken he took bread and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and brake it, and began to eat.
And Jesus took the bread, and gave thanks, and gave to the disciples; and his disciples, to them that were set down. And likewise of the fishes, as much as they would.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others
For this cause thank we God without ceasing, because that when ye received of us the word, wherewith God was preached, ye received it not as the word of man: but even as it was, indeed, the word of God; which worketh in you that believe.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For willingness to offer our property for God's service
And the ancient lords and the lords of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and hundreds and the lords over the substance of the king, were willing and gave for the service of the house of God, five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand pieces of gold coins, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. And they that had precious stones gave them for the treasure of the house of the LORD, unto the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. read more.
And the people rejoiced that they were so willing: for with a pure heart they were willing unto the LORD. And thereto David the king rejoiced with great gladness. And David blessed the LORD before all the congregation and said, "Blessed art thou LORD God of Israel our father, from ever and for ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, power and glory, victory and praise: for all that is in heaven and in earth is thine, and thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art lifted up a head above all. And riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. And now our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. For what am I? And what is my people, that would obtain strength to be so willing? But all is of thee, and of that we received of thine hand we have given thee.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In everything
In all things give thanks. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Levites
the Levites with all those that were under Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun, and among their children and brethren, were arrayed in bysse and sang with cymbals, psalteries, and harps standing East from the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets. And the trumpet blowers and the singers so agreed, that it seemed but one voice in praising and thanking the LORD. And as the voice of the trumpets, cymbals and instruments of melody arose, and as they praised the LORD, how that he was good and that his mercy lasteth ever, the house of the LORD was filled with a cloud:
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For victory over death and the grave
But thanks be unto God, which hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For love exhibited by others
We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and every one of you swimmeth in love toward another between yourselves,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In behalf of ministers
by the help of your prayer for us: That by the means of many occasions, thanks may be given of many on our behalf, for the grace given unto us.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the zeal exhibited by others
Thanks be unto God, which put in the heart of Titus the same good mind toward you.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the triumph of the gospel
Thanks be unto God which always giveth us the victory in Christ, and openeth the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the gift of Christ
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » David
And now our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. For what am I? And what is my people, that would obtain strength to be so willing?
Thanksgiving » Expressed in psalms
And that same time David did appoint chiefly to thank the LORD by Asaph and his brethren:
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For Christ's power and reign
saying, "We give thee thanks Lord God, almighty: which art and wast, and art to come, for thou hast received thy great might, and hast reigned.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin
But I see another law in my members rebelling against the law of my mind, and subduing me unto the law of sin, which is in my members. O wretched man that I am: who shall deliver me from this body of death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord: So then I myself in my mind serve the law of God, and in my flesh the law of sin.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For appointment to the ministry
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord which hath made me strong: for he counted me true, and put me in office,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In the name of Christ
giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » To Christ
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord which hath made me strong: for he counted me true, and put me in office,
Thanksgiving » Saints » Abound in the faith with
and steadfast in the faith, as ye have learned: and therein be plenteous in giving thanks.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all men
I exhort therefore that above all things, prayers, supplications, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be had for all men:
Thanksgiving » Saints » Offer sacrifices of
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the conversion of others
God be thanked, that though ye were once the servants of sin, ye have yet obeyed with your heart unto the form of doctrine where unto ye were delivered.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For wisdom and might
I thank thee, and pray thee, O thou God of my fathers, that thou hast lent me wisdom and strength, and hast showed me the thing that we desired of thee, for thou hast opened the king's matter unto me."
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In private worship
Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In public worship
So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » To God
Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Daniel
I thank thee, and pray thee, O thou God of my fathers, that thou hast lent me wisdom and strength, and hast showed me the thing that we desired of thee, for thou hast opened the king's matter unto me."
Thanksgiving » Saints » Should enter God's gate with
O go your way into his gates then with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Habitually offer
Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Magnify God by
Thanksgiving » The wicked averse to
inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations. And their foolish hearts were blinded.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the nearness of God's presence
{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, a Psalm and song of Asaph} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks; yea, unto thee do we give thanks. Thy Name also is so nigh; and that do thy wondrous works declare.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Paul
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came against us to Appius, and to the three taverns, and met us. When Paul saw them he thanked God, and waxed bold.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Come before God with
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and show ourself glad in him with psalms.
Thanksgiving » Is a good thing
{A Psalm of the song for the Sabbath Day} It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most highest!
Thanksgiving » Of hypocrites, full of boasting
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publican.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Simeon
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Jonah
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving, and will pay that that I have vowed, that saving cometh of the LORD."
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Anna
And the same came forth that same hour, and praised the Lord, and spake of him to all that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Topics on Thanksgiving
Prayer, As Praise And Thanksgiving
Philippians 4:6Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks.
Thanksgiving And Gratitude
Psalm 116:17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
Thanksgiving Before Meals
Romans 14:6He that observeth one day more than another, doth it for the Lord's pleasure. And he that observeth not one day more than another, doth it to please the Lord, also. He that eateth, doth it to please the lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, eateth not to please the Lord withal, and giveth God thanks.
Thanksgiving Offered To God
Psalm 107:22- That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness!
Thanksgiving, Offered
Psalm 50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.
Related Topics
- Attitudes Of Thankfulfness
- Being Grateful
- Being Thankful For Blessings
- Bread
- Breaking Of Bread
- Giving Thanks
- Grateful Heart
- Praise
- Songs