38 Bible Verses about Thanksgiving
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forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth. For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine? Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse. For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.
The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ?
If, so far as I am concerned, I partake with a grateful heart, why am I to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which I give thanks?"
Otherwise, if you bless God in spirit only, how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the 'Amen' to your giving of thanks, when he does not know what your words mean? Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
but drink deeply of God's Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and offer praise in your hearts to the Lord. Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men;
May you be abundantly enriched so as to show all liberality, such as through our instrumentality brings thanksgiving to God. For the service rendered in this sacred gift not only helps to relieve the wants of God's people, but it is also rich in its results and awakens a chorus of thanksgiving to God.
Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks.
In every circumstance of life be thankful; for this is God's will in Christ Jesus respecting you.
Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.
(Unhappy man that I am! who will rescue me from this death-burdened body? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!)
But to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him.
For everything is for your sakes, in order that grace, being more richly bestowed because of the thanksgivings of the increased number, may more and more promote the glory of God.
and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.
As therefore you have received the Christ, even Jesus our Lord, live and act in vital union with Him; having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.
and He told all the people to sit down on the grass. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and after looking up to heaven and blessing them, He broke up the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples distributed them to the people.
Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.
So He passed the word to the people to sit down on the ground. Then taking the seven loaves He blessed them, and broke them into portions and proceeded to give them to His disciples for them to distribute, and they distributed them to the people.
But as soon as He had sat down with them, and had taken the bread and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,
and after giving thanks He broke it and said, "This is my body which is about to be broken for you. Do this in memory of me."
Meanwhile the brethren there, hearing of our movements, came as far as the Market of Appius and the Three Huts to meet us; and when Paul saw them he thanked God and felt encouraged.
But thanks be to God that though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.
offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
I am thankful to Him who made me strong--even Christ Jesus our Lord--because He has judged me to be faithful and has put me into His service,
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who is seated on the throne, and lives until the Ages of the Ages,
"Even so!" they cried: "The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanks and the honor and the power and the might are to be ascribed to our God, until the Ages of the Ages! Even so!"
saying, "We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Ruler of all, Who art and wast, because Thou hast exerted Thy power, Thy great power, and hast become King.
From Thematic Bible
Prayer » Accompanied with » Thanksgiving
Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
Be earnest and unwearied in prayer, being on the alert in it and in your giving of thanks.
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 lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name.
Thanksgiving » Encouraged
Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.
For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving » Ministers appointed to offer, in public
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the grace bestowed on others
I thank my God continually on your behalf for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus--
I thank my God at my every remembrance of you-- always when offering any prayer on behalf of you all, finding a joy in offering it. I thank my God, I say, for your cooperation in spreading the Good News, from the time it first came to you even until now.
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people, on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News. read more.
For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
Thanksgiving » The heavenly host engaged in
All the angels were standing in a circle round the throne and round the Elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces in front of the throne and worshipped God.
Then the twenty-four Elders, who sit on thrones in the presence of God, fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, "We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Ruler of all, Who art and wast, because Thou hast exerted Thy power, Thy great power, and hast become King.
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who is seated on the throne, and lives until the Ages of the Ages,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Always
Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
We continually give thanks to God because of you all, while we make mention of you in our prayers.
Thanksgiving » Christ set an example of
About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, and hast unveiled them to babes.
So they removed the stone. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.
And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, "Drink from it, all of you;
Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were resting on the ground; and also the fish in like manner--as much as they desired.
Thanksgiving » Should always accompany prayer
Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
Be earnest and unwearied in prayer, being on the alert in it and in your giving of thanks.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Through Christ
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is spreading through the whole world.
Through Him, then, let us continually lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name.
Thanksgiving » Should be accompanied by intercession for others
I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience--as my forefathers did--that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers,
I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men;
I give continual thanks to my God while making mention of you, my brother, in my prayers,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the goodness and mercy of God
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all things
Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
May you be abundantly enriched so as to show all liberality, such as through our instrumentality brings thanksgiving to God.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For faith exhibited by others
Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is spreading through the whole world.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the supply of our bodily wants
He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God. For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth. For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Upon the completion of great undertakings
Thanksgiving » Saints » Exhorted to
and let the peace which Christ gives settle all questionings in your hearts, to which peace indeed you were called as belonging to His one Body; and be thankful.
Thanksgiving » Commanded
Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
Thanksgiving » Should always accompany praise
Through Him, then, let us continually lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Resolved to offer
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » At the remembrance of God's holiness
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » Before taking food
Having said this he took some bread, and, after giving thanks to God for it before them all, he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.
Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were resting on the ground; and also the fish in like manner--as much as they desired.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others
And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For willingness to offer our property for God's service
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In everything
In every circumstance of life be thankful; for this is God's will in Christ Jesus respecting you.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Levites
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For victory over death and the grave
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For love exhibited by others
Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In behalf of ministers
while you on your part lend us your aid in entreaty for us, so that from many lips thanksgivings may rise on our behalf for the boon granted to us at the intercession of many.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the zeal exhibited by others
But thanks be to God that He inspires the heart of Titus with the same deep interest in you;
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the triumph of the gospel
But to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him.
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
saying, "We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Ruler of all, Who art and wast, because Thou hast exerted Thy power, Thy great power, and hast become King.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin
but I discover within me a different Law at war with the Law of my understanding, and leading me captive to the Law which is everywhere at work in my body--the Law of sin. (Unhappy man that I am! who will rescue me from this death-burdened body? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!)
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For appointment to the ministry
I am thankful to Him who made me strong--even Christ Jesus our Lord--because He has judged me to be faithful and has put me into His service,
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » In the name of Christ
Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » To Christ
I am thankful to Him who made me strong--even Christ Jesus our Lord--because He has judged me to be faithful and has put me into His service,
Thanksgiving » Saints » Abound in the faith with
having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For all men
I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men;
Thanksgiving » Saints » Offer sacrifices of
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the conversion of others
But thanks be to God that though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.
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
For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the nearness of God's presence
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Paul
Meanwhile the brethren there, hearing of our movements, came as far as the Market of Appius and the Three Huts to meet us; and when Paul saw them he thanked God and felt encouraged.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Come before God with
Thanksgiving » Is a good thing
Thanksgiving » Of hypocrites, full of boasting
The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Simeon
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Jonah
Thanksgiving » Exemplified » Anna
And coming up just at that moment, she gave thanks to God, and spoke about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.
Topics on Thanksgiving
Prayer, As Praise And Thanksgiving
Philippians 4:6Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
Thanksgiving And Gratitude
1 Timothy 4:4For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Before Meals
Romans 14:6He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.
Thanksgiving Offered To God
Romans 14:6He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.
Thanksgiving, Offered
1 Timothy 1:12I am thankful to Him who made me strong--even Christ Jesus our Lord--because He has judged me to be faithful and has put me into His service,
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- Breaking Of Bread
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