52 Bible Verses about Praise, Reasons For

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
sing praise to the Lord,Selah

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people for His possession,
so that you may proclaim the praises
of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.

A voice came from the throne, saying:

Praise our God,
all His slaves, who fear Him,
both small and great!

Sing to Yahweh, you His faithful ones,
and praise His holy name.

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!

Sing a new song to the Lord;
sing His praise from the ends of the earth,
you who go down to the sea with all that fills it,
you islands with your inhabitants.

For this reason God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
of those who are in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—
and every tongue should 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 for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen.

For the Lord is great and highly praised;
He is feared above all gods.

I am Yahweh, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another
or My praise to idols.

All the earth will worship You
and sing praise to You.
They will sing praise to Your name.”Selah

There are shouts of joy and victory
in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!
The Lord’s right hand is raised.
The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!”
I will not die, but I will live
and proclaim what the Lord has done.
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The Lord disciplined me severely
but did not give me over to death. Open the gates of righteousness for me;
I will enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous will enter through it.
I will give thanks to You
because You have answered me
and have become my salvation.

Let them praise the name of Yahweh,
for His name alone is exalted.
His majesty covers heaven and earth.

Our Lord and God,
You are worthy to receive
glory and honor and power,
because You have created all things,
and because of Your will
they exist and were created.

I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.

Praise Yahweh, for Yahweh is good;
sing praise to His name, for it is delightful.

Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.

The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to My chosen people.
The people I formed for Myself
will declare My praise.

I greatly rejoice in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

Just as underwear clings to one’s waist, so I fastened the whole house of Israel and of Judah to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“so that they might be My people for My fame, praise, and glory, but they would not obey.

Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
proclaim His deeds among the nations.

Therefore I will praise You, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing about Your name.

Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed.I will praise the Lord at all times;
His praise will always be on my lips.
I will boast in the Lord;
the humble will hear and be glad.
Proclaim Yahweh’s greatness with me;
let us exalt His name together.

Let them give glory to the Lord
and declare His praise in the islands.

They will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with others through the proof provided by this service.

For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name.
Declare the greatness of our God!

Praise Him for His powerful acts;
praise Him for His abundant greatness.

Ezra praised the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

My soul, praise Yahweh!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.

When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy
before the Lord,
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.
For Your faithful love is as high as the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

I will bow down toward Your holy temple
and give thanks to Your name
for Your constant love and truth.
You have exalted Your name
and Your promise above everything else.

He said:

May the Lord God of Israel be praised!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and He has fulfilled the promise by His power.
He said,
“Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt,
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that My name would be there.
But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.”
It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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But the Lord said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.
Yet you are not the one to build it;
instead, your son, your own offspring,
will build it for My name.”
The Lord has fulfilled what He promised.
I have taken the place of my father David,
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.
I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.

But I will sing of Your strength
and will joyfully proclaim
Your faithful love in the morning.
For You have been a stronghold for me,
a refuge in my day of trouble.

The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart rejoices,
and I praise Him with my song.

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

“Praise the Lord,” Jethro exclaimed, “who rescued you from Pharaoh and the power of the Egyptians and snatched the people from the power of the Egyptians.

The Lord lives—may my rock be praised!
The God of my salvation is exalted.
God—He gives me vengeance
and subdues peoples under me.
He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
You rescue me from violent men.

and I give praise to God Most High
who has handed over your enemies to you.

And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

When the people saw him, they praised their god and said:

Our god has handed over to us
our enemy who destroyed our land
and who multiplied our dead.

Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.
For You are the God of my refuge.
Why have You rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression? Send Your light and Your truth; let them lead me.
Let them bring me to Your holy mountain,
to Your dwelling place.
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Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise You with the lyre,
God, my God.

A Davidic song of ascents.If the Lord had not been on our side—
let Israel say—
If the Lord had not been on our side
when men attacked us,
then they would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger against us.
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Then the waters would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;
the raging waters would have swept over us. Praise the Lord,
who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.

May the Lord be praised,
for He has heard the sound of my pleading.

However, God has listened;
He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.
May God be praised!
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned His faithful love from me.

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
because He has visited
and provided redemption for His people.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of His servant David,

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David. This will be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in cloth and lying in a feeding trough.” read more.
Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and peace on earth to people He favors!

And they were continually in the temple complex praising God.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. read more.
You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials