29 Bible Verses about Thankfulness

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1 Corinthians 15:53-57

For this destructible must put on indestructibleness, and this mortal must put on immortality. And when this destructible has put on indestructibleness, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall the word be accomplished that is written; Death was swallowed up in victory. Where, death, is your sting? where, death, is your victory?read more.
And the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 2:25-32

And behold, there was a man at Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. And he was informed by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death till he had seen the Lord's anointed. And he came by the spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do according to the custom of the law concerning him,read more.
he also took it in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Now, Master, dismiss thy servant according to thy word, in peace; for my eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before all people; a light for enlightening Gentiles, and a glory of thy people Israel.

Colossians 3:15-17

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for which you have been called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching with all wisdom, and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God, and whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God [and] Father through him.

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.

Mark 6:41

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

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.

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.

Matthew 15:36

and taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he broke, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

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.

Matthew 26:26-27

And as they were eating Jesus took the bread, and having blessed, broke and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And taking the cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it;

Mark 14:22-23

And as they eat he took the bread, and having blessed, broke and, gave to them, and said, Take, this is my body. And he took the cup, and having given thanks gave them, and they all drank of it.

Luke 22:17-19

And taking a cup, he gave thanks, and said, Take this and divide it among you; for I tell you that I will not drink of the product of the vine, till the kingdom of God has come. And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them, saying, This is my body given for you; this do in remembrance of me.

Luke 24:30

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

Acts 27:35

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

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.

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,

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Hannah » Thankfulness

Thankfulness » Examples of

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.

Thankfulness » Exhortations to

More verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Thankfulness » Being thankful

1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

pray without ceasing, give thanks on every occasion; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to us.

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the people of israel

Thankfulness » 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;

Thankfulness » Should be offered » Through Christ

Thankfulness » Ministers appointed to offer, in public

Thankfulness » Jesus 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;

Thankfulness » Should always accompany prayer

Thankfulness » Should be accompanied by intercession for others

Philemon 1:4

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

Thankfulness » The heavenly host engage in

Revelation 7:11-12

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

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,

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

Thankfulness » Should be offered » Always

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Those whom jesus healed » Blind bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

And they came to Jericho. And as he went from Jericho, and his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timeus, Bartimeus, a blind beggar, sat by the way. And hearing that Jesus was the Nazarene, he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him to be still. But he cried much more, Son of David, have mercy on me. read more.
And Jesus stopping, said, Call him. And they called the blind man, saying to him, Be of good courage; arise, he calls you. And he cast aside his garment, and leaping up went to Jesus. And Jesus answered him and said, What do you wish me to do for you? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said to him, Go; your faith has cured you. And he immediately received sight, and followed him in the way.

Luke 18:43

And he immediately received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people seeing it gave praise to God.

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For the supply of our bodily needs

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;

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Before receiving food, by jesus

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.

Mark 8:6-7

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. And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he commanded to present them also.

Thankfulness » Should be offered » Before receiving 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.

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For all things

Thankfulness » Saints exhorted to

Thankfulness » Should always accompany praise

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of jacob

Thankfulness » Who shall give thanks to the name of the lord

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For faith exhibited by others

Thankfulness » Resolve to offer

Thankfulness » Should be offered » As the remembrance of God's holiness

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of abraham

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of jehoshaphat's army

Thankfulness » Of man to man » The israelites, to joshua

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of abraham's servant (eliezar)

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of leah

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Those whom jesus healed » One of the ten lepers whom jesus healed

Luke 17:15-16

And one of them seeing that he was cured, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice, and fell on his face at his feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of hannah

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of miriam

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of joseph

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

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

Thankfulness » Of man to man » The spies, to rahab

Thankfulness » Of man to man » Paul » To onesiphorus

2 Timothy 1:16-18

May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains, but being at Rome he sought most diligently, and found me. The Lord grant him to find mercy with the Lord in that day. And what services he performed at Ephesus, you know very well.

Thankfulness » Exemplified » Levites

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » of moses

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For deliverance from indwelling sin, through Christ

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.

Thankfulness » Of man to man » Naomi, to boaz

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of sarah

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the levites

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of eve

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

Thankfulness » Of man to man » David » To the men of jabesh-gilead

Thankfulness » Of man to man » Paul » To phoebe

Romans 16:1-4

AND I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a minister of the church in Cenchrea, that you receive her in the Lord worthily of the saints, and assist her in any thing in which she may have need of you; for she has been an assistant of many, and of myself also. Salute Prisca [Priscilla] and Aquila my co-laborers in Christ Jesus, read more.
who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the nations;

Thankfulness » Exemplified » David

Thankfulness » Offer sacrifices of

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the queen of sheba

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of melchizedek

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the sailors

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of jethro

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Those whom jesus healed » The roman centurion for his boy

John 4:53

Then the father knew that it was in that hour in which Jesus said to him, Your son lives; and he believed, and all his house.

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Those whom jesus healed » The woman who was bent over for eighteen years

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the jews

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of samuel

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of hiram

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of david

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of isaac

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of lot

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Paul

Acts 27:35

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

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For appointment to spiritual service

Thankfulness » Should be offered » On behalf of God's servants

Thankfulness » 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.

Thankfulness » 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,

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

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

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For the gift of Christ

Thankfulness » Should be offered » In the name of Christ

Thankfulness » Should be offered » In public worship

Thankfulness » Should be offered » In everything

Thankfulness » Should be offered » To Christ

Thankfulness » Should be offered » To God

Thankfulness » Of man to man » The people of the island of melita (malta), to paul

Acts 28:10

and they bestowed on us many rewards, and when we left supplied us with things that we needed.

Thankfulness » Of man to man » Saul, to the kenites

Thankfulness » Of man to man » David » To hanun

Thankfulness » Of man to man » Paul

Acts 27:35

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

Thankfulness » 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.

Thankfulness » Should enter God's gates with

Thankfulness » 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;

Thankfulness » Expressed in psalms

Thankfulness » Magnify God by

Thankfulness » Commanded

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the shepherds

Luke 2:20

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of rachel

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Those whom jesus healed » The man who was paralyzed

Luke 5:25

And he arose immediately before them, and taking up that on which he had lain departed to his house, glorifying God.

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Those whom jesus healed » The demon-possessed man who was exorcized

Luke 8:39

Return to your house, and declare how great things God has done for you. And he went away proclaiming in all the city what great things Jesus had done for him.

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of noah

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For all people

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

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For love exhibited by others

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For the conversion of others

Thankfulness » Should be offered » For wisdom and might

Thankfulness » Should be offered » In private worship

Thankfulness » Of man to man » David » To barzillai

Thankfulness » Exemplified » Daniel

Thankfulness » Exemplified » Simeon

Luke 2:28

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

Thankfulness » Exemplified » Jonah

Thankfulness » 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.

Thankfulness » Abound in the faith with

Thankfulness » Come before God with

Thankfulness » The wicked averse to

Thankfulness » Habitually offer

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » The lame man healed by peter

Acts 3:8

and leaping up he stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping, praising God.

Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of deborah

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