38 Bible Verses about Thanksgiving

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1 Timothy 4:3-4

who forbid to marry, [command] to abstain from meat, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and those who know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with thanksgiving;

Luke 17:17-18

And Jesus answered and said to him, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found returning to give glory to God any but this stranger.

Romans 1:20-21

For his invisible [attributes] are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being perceived by the things which are made, even his eternal power and deity, so that they have no defense, because having known God they glorified him not as God neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their ignorant mind was darkened.

Romans 14:6

He that observes the day observes it to the Lord, and he that observes not the day observes it not to the Lord. And he that eats eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not eats not to the Lord, and gives God thanks.

1 Corinthians 14:16-17

since if you bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to your thanksgiving, since he knows not what you say? For you indeed give thanks well; but the other is not edified.

Ephesians 5:19-20

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,

2 Corinthians 9:11-12

that you may be enriched in every thing for all liberality, which produces through us thanksgiving to God. For the performance of this service not only supplies the need of the saints, but also abounds with the thanksgivings of many to God;

Romans 7:24-25

Miserable man that I am; who will deliver me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord; therefore I myself with the mind serve the law of God, and with the flesh the law of sin.

Colossians 2:6-7

As therefore you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, founded and built up in him, and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Matthew 14:19

And commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and, looking up to heaven, blessed them, and having broken them gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

Luke 9:16

And taking the five loaves and two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Mark 8:6

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them to his disciples to set before them, and they set them before the people.

Luke 24:30

and when he reclined with them, taking bread, he blessed, and breaking, gave them.

Acts 28:15

And thence, the brothers hearing of us came out to meet us even to the Forum of Appius, and the Three Taverns [fifty-one miles]; and when Paul saw them, thanking God he took courage.

Revelation 4:9

And when the cherubs gave glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne who lives forever and ever,

Revelation 7:12

saying, Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever.

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Prayer » Accompanied 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

Thanksgiving » Encouraged

Thanksgiving » Ministers appointed to offer, in public

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the grace bestowed on others

Philippians 1:3-5

I thank my God at every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day till now,

Colossians 1:3-6

We thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints, on account of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word of the gospel read more.
which is present with you as also in all the world, and is fruitful and increases, as also with you, from the day that you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

Thanksgiving » The heavenly host engaged in

Revelation 7:11

And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four cherubs, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Revelation 11:16-17

And the twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, the Is and the Was, that thou didst take thy great power and reign,

Revelation 4:9

And when the cherubs gave glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne who lives forever and ever,

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Always

Thanksgiving » Christ set an example of

John 11:41

Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted his eyes above, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;

Matthew 26:27

And taking the cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it;

John 6:11

Then Jesus took the bread, and having given thanks, distributed it to those reclining; likewise also of the fishes, as much as they wished.

Thanksgiving » Should always accompany prayer

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Through Christ

Thanksgiving » Should be accompanied by intercession for others

Philemon 1:4

I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers,

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the goodness and mercy of God

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all things

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For faith exhibited by others

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the supply of our bodily wants

Romans 14:6-7

He that observes the day observes it to the Lord, and he that observes not the day observes it not to the Lord. And he that eats eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not eats not to the Lord, and gives God thanks. For no one of us lives for himself; and no one dies for himself;

1 Timothy 4:3-4

who forbid to marry, [command] to abstain from meat, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and those who know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with thanksgiving;

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Upon the completion of great undertakings

Thanksgiving » Saints » Exhorted to

Thanksgiving » Commanded

Thanksgiving » Should always accompany praise

Thanksgiving » Saints » Resolved to offer

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » At the remembrance of God's holiness

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Before taking food

Acts 27:35

And having said these things, and taken bread, he thanked God before all, and having broken began to eat.

John 6:11

Then Jesus took the bread, and having given thanks, distributed it to those reclining; likewise also of the fishes, as much as they wished.

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that receiving the word of God heard from us, you received not a word of men, but, as it is in truth, a word of God, who also works in you that believe.

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For willingness to offer our property for God's service

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In everything

Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Levites

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For victory over death and the grave

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For love exhibited by others

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In behalf of ministers

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the zeal exhibited by others

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God, who put this care for you into the heart of Titus,

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the triumph of the gospel

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the gift of Christ

Thanksgiving » Exemplified » David

Thanksgiving » Expressed in psalms

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For Christ's power and reign

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin

Romans 7:23-25

but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and making me captive to the law of sin which is in my members. Miserable man that I am; who will deliver me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord; therefore I myself with the mind serve the law of God, and with the flesh the law of sin.

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For appointment to the ministry

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In the name of Christ

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » To Christ

Thanksgiving » Saints » Abound in the faith with

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all men

Thanksgiving » Saints » Offer sacrifices of

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the conversion of others

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For wisdom and might

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In private worship

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In public worship

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » To God

Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Daniel

Thanksgiving » Saints » Should enter God's gate with

Thanksgiving » Saints » Habitually offer

Thanksgiving » Saints » Magnify God by

Thanksgiving » The wicked averse to

Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the nearness of God's presence

Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Paul

Acts 28:15

And thence, the brothers hearing of us came out to meet us even to the Forum of Appius, and the Three Taverns [fifty-one miles]; and when Paul saw them, thanking God he took courage.

Thanksgiving » Saints » Come before God with

Thanksgiving » Is a good thing

Thanksgiving » Of hypocrites, full of boasting

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee, standing by himself, offered this prayer; God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican;

Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Simeon

Luke 2:28

he also took it in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Jonah

Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Anna

Luke 2:38

And she coming by at that time, praised God, and spoke of him [the child] to all who expected a redemption in Jerusalem.

Topics on Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Before Meals

Romans 14:6

He that observes the day observes it to the Lord, and he that observes not the day observes it not to the Lord. And he that eats eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not eats not to the Lord, and gives God thanks.

Thanksgiving Offered To God

Romans 14:6

He that observes the day observes it to the Lord, and he that observes not the day observes it not to the Lord. And he that eats eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not eats not to the Lord, and gives God thanks.

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