52 Bible Verses about Praise, Reasons For

Kingdoms of the earth, sing ye to God, Praise ye the Lord. Selah.

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

And a voice out of the throne did come forth, saying, 'Praise our God, all ye His servants, and those fearing Him, both the small and the great;'

Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness,

All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!

Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants.

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that is above every name, that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow -- of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth -- and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

He is thy praise, and He is thy God, who hath done with thee these great and fearful things which thine eyes have seen:

For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He is above all gods.

I am Jehovah, this is My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.

All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' Selah.

A voice of singing and salvation, Is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,read more.
Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up. Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them -- I thank Jah. This is the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it. I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation.

They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour is above earth and heavens.

Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou -- Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed.

Praise ye Jah! for Jehovah is good, Sing praise to His name, for it is pleasant.

Praise ye Jah! For it is good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely is praise.

Honour me doth the beast of the field, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given in a wilderness waters, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people -- My chosen. This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.

I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels. For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!

For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

Therefore I confess Thee, O Jehovah, among nations. And to Thy name I sing praise.

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise is in my mouth. In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself, Hear do the humble and rejoice. Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together.

They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.

through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and for the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!

Praise Him in His mighty acts, Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness.

and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, 'Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah -- faces to the earth.

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.

Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud, Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

I thank Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise Thee among the nations. For great unto the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

And he saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who spake by His mouth with David my father, and by His hand hath fulfilled it, saying, From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house for My name being there; and I fix on David to be over My people Israel. 'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,read more.
and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart; only, thou dost not build the house, but thy son who is coming out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name. 'And Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake, and I am risen up instead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,

An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

And I -- I sing of Thy strength, And I sing at morn of Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.

Jehovah is my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

and Jethro saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh -- who hath delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;

Jehovah liveth -- and blessed is my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation. God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me, My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

and blessed is God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.

And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, 'Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me, For thou art the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy? Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.read more.
And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say), Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us, Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,read more.
Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul, Then passed over our soul had the proud waters. Blessed is Jehovah who hath not given us, A prey to their teeth. Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed is God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people, And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people -- because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David, and this is to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'read more.
And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men -- good will.'

and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,read more.
in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,