52 Bible Verses about Praise, Reasons For

O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praise to [the] Lord, Selah

But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

And a voice came out from the throne, saying, "Praise our God all his slaves, and those who fear him, the small and the great!"

Sing praises to Yahweh, you his faithful ones, and give thanks {to his holy fame}.

Every breathing thing, let it praise Yah. Praise Yah.

Sing a new song to Yahweh; praise him from the end of the earth, you who go down [to] the sea and that which fills it, [the] coastlands and their inhabitants.

Therefore also God exalted him and graciously granted him the name above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [those] in heaven and of [those] on earth and of [those] under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

He [is] your praise, and he [is] your God, who has done with you these great and awesome [things] that your eyes have seen.

For Yahweh [is] great and greatly praised, and he is feared among all gods.

I [am] Yahweh; that [is] my name, and I do not give my glory to another, nor my praise to the idols.

All the earth will bow in worship to you, and sing [praise] to you. They will sing [the praise of] your name." Selah

[The] sound of rejoicing and salvation [is] in [the] tents of [the] righteous; the right hand of Yahweh [has] done valiantly. The right hand of Yahweh [has] exalted; the right hand of Yahweh [has] done valiantly. I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.read more.
Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign me to death. Open to me [the] gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them [and] give thanks to Yah. This [is] the gate of Yahweh, through [which the] righteous will enter. I will give thanks [to] you for you have answered me, and you have become my salvation.

let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone [is] is exalted. His splendor [is] above earth and heavens.

"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you have created all [things], and because of your will they existed and were created."

I will praise the name of God in song, and magnify him with thanksgiving. For Yahweh it will be better than an ox [or] bull, horned [and] hoofed.

Praise Yah, for Yahweh [is] good. Sing praises concerning his name, for [it is] pleasant.

Praise Yah. For [it is] good to sing praises [to] our God; for [it is] pleasant; praise is fitting.

The animals of the field will honor me, jackals and daughters of [the] ostrich, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert, to give a drink [to] my chosen people, this people whom I formed for myself, so they might {make known} my praise.

I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry. For as the earth {produces} its sprout, and as a garden makes its plants sprout, so the Lord Yahweh will make righteousness sprout, and praise before all the nations.

For as the loincloth clings to [the] loins of a person, so I caused to cling to me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah,' {declares} Yahweh, 'to be for me a people, and a name, and a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.'

Sing [praises] to Yahweh [who] sits [enthroned] in Zion. Tell his deeds among the peoples,

Therefore I will extol you, Yahweh, among the nations! I will sing praises to your name!

I will bless Yahweh at all times; his praise [shall be] in my mouth continually. My soul makes its boast in Yahweh; let the humble hear and be glad. Magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Let them give glory to Yahweh and declare his praise in the coastlands.

Through the proven character of this service [they will] glorify God because of the submission of your confession to the gospel of Christ and the generosity of [your] participation toward them and toward everyone,

For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh; ascribe greatness to our God!

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness.

Then Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God, and all of the people answered, "Amen! Amen!" while lifting their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped Yahweh [with their] noses to the ground.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself [with] splendor and majesty,

But [when] the crowds saw [this], they were afraid and glorified God who had given such authority to men.

Let [the] rivers clap [their] hands. Let [the] hills sing joyfully together before Yahweh, for [he is] coming to judge the earth. He will judge [the] world with righteousness and [the] peoples with equity.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the king of heaven, for all his works [are] truth, and his ways [are] justice and that he is able to humble those who walk in pride."

I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord; I will give you praise among [the] nations. Because your loyal love [is] high to [the] heavens, and your faithfulness to [the] clouds.

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word according to all your name.

Then he said, "Blessed be Yahweh the God of Israel who has promised with his mouth [to] David my father and fulfilled {by his oath}, saying, 'From the day that I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where my name might be, but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.' {David my father desired} to build a house for the name of Yahweh the God of Israel,read more.
but Yahweh said to David my father, 'Because {you desired} to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was within your heart. However, you will not build the house, but your son who has come from your loins, he shall build the house for my name.' Yahweh has carried out his promise which he had made; I have risen in place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel as Yahweh promised, and I have built the house for the name of Yahweh the God of Israel.

I will sing forever of Yahweh's acts of loyal love. {From generation to generation} I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.

But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.

Yahweh [is] my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him.

Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

And Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh--who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.

Yahweh lives, and blessed [be] my rock, and may the God of my salvation be exalted-- the God who executed vengeance for me, and subdued peoples under me, who delivered me from my enemies. Indeed, you exalted me higher than [those who] rose against me. You delivered me from the man of violence.

And blessed [be] God Most High who delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave to him a tenth of everything.

And the people saw him, and they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given into our hand those who hate us, devastate our land, and have {killed many of us}."

Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an unfaithful nation. From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me, because you [are] the God of my refuge. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning because of [the] oppression of [the] enemy? Send your light and your truth; they shall lead me. They shall bring me to {your holy mountain} and to your dwelling places.read more.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, {my surpassing joy}, and I will praise you with lyre, O God, my God.

"If [it had] not [been] Yahweh who was on our side," do let Israel say, "If [it had] not [been] Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger was kindled against us.read more.
Then the waters would have flooded over us, [the] torrent would have passed over our soul. Then over our soul would have passed the raging waters." Blessed [be] Yahweh, who has not made us prey for their teeth. Our soul has escaped like a bird from [the] snare of fowlers. The snare [is] broken, and we have escaped.

Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

However, God has listened; he has attended to the sound of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not turned aside my prayer, or his loyal love from me.

"Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited to help and {has redeemed} his people, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,

And the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy which will be for all the people: that today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, was born for you in the city of David. And this will be the sign for you: you will find the baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger."read more.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people {with whom he is pleased}!"

And they were {continually} in the temple [courts] praising God.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,read more.
in which you rejoice greatly, [although] now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,