56 Bible Verses about Thanksgiving
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He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.
I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.
Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp! He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.
Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, and well soaked ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil. He must present this grain offering in addition to ring-shaped loaves of leavened bread which regularly accompany the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offering. He must present one of each kind of grain offering as a contribution offering to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offering.read more.
The meat of his thanksgiving peace offering must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not set any of it aside until morning.
But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the Lord!"
Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?
Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.
That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord: Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!
With antiphonal response they sang, praising and glorifying the Lord: "For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever." All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established.
And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who together with his colleagues was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.
Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!
Certainly the Lord will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the Lord. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.
Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the praise leader who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his colleagues; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God, because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.
Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting -- all of which are out of character -- but rather thanksgiving.
in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.
When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,
I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.
I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,
And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
saying, "Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"
with these words: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
From Thematic Bible
Prayer » Accompanied with » Thanksgiving
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it 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
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the Lord!
Thanksgiving » Encouraged
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
Thanksgiving » Ministers appointed to offer, in public
He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.
They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening
Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks -- to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord's sanctuary.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the grace bestowed on others
I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.
I thank my God every time I remember you. I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints. Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel read more.
that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
Thanksgiving » The heavenly host engaged in
And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,
Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God with these words: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Always
always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.
Thanksgiving » Christ set an example of
At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.
And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you,
Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.
Thanksgiving » Should always accompany prayer
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the praise leader who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his colleagues; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Through Christ
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
Thanksgiving » Should be accompanied by intercession for others
I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the goodness and mercy of God
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loyal love endures. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all things
always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For faith exhibited by others
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the supply of our bodily wants
The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Upon the completion of great undertakings
I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.
Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,
Thanksgiving » Saints » Exhorted to
Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!
Thanksgiving » Commanded
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
Thanksgiving » Should always accompany praise
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!
Thanksgiving » Saints » Resolved to offer
So I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord! I will sing praises to you!
So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » At the remembrance of God's holiness
You godly ones, rejoice in the Lord! Give thanks to his holy name.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Before taking food
After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.
Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others
And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For willingness to offer our property for God's service
The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king's work contributed willingly. They donated for the service of God's temple 5,000 talents and ten thousand darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron. All who possessed precious stones donated them to the treasury of the Lord's temple, which was under the supervision of Jehiel the Gershonite. read more.
The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy. David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: "O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore! O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all. You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all. Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name! "But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In everything
in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Levites
All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets. The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For victory over death and the grave
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For love exhibited by others
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In behalf of ministers
as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the zeal exhibited by others
But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the triumph of the gospel
But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the gift of Christ
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » David
Thanksgiving » Expressed in psalms
That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord:
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For Christ's power and reign
with these words: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin
But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For appointment to the ministry
I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In the name of Christ
always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » To Christ
I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,
Thanksgiving » Saints » Abound in the faith with
rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all men
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
Thanksgiving » Saints » Offer sacrifices of
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the conversion of others
But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For wisdom and might
O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king's dilemma."
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In private worship
When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In public worship
Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; I will praise you before a large crowd of people!
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » To God
Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Daniel
O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king's dilemma."
Thanksgiving » Saints » Should enter God's gate with
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!
Thanksgiving » Saints » Habitually offer
When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Magnify God by
Thanksgiving » The wicked averse to
For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the nearness of God's presence
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a psalm of Asaph; a song. We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks! You reveal your presence; people tell about your amazing deeds.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Paul
The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Come before God with
Thanksgiving » Is a good thing
A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!
Thanksgiving » Of hypocrites, full of boasting
The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Simeon
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Jonah
But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the Lord!"
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Anna
At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Topics on Thanksgiving
Prayer, As Praise And Thanksgiving
Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
Thanksgiving And Gratitude
Psalm 116:17I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the Lord.
Thanksgiving Before Meals
Romans 14:6The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.
Thanksgiving Offered To God
Psalm 107:22Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!
Thanksgiving, Offered
Psalm 50:14Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
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- Attitudes Of Thankfulfness
- Being Grateful
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- Bread
- Breaking Of Bread
- Giving Thanks
- Grateful Heart
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