'Praise' in the Bible

I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O Lord, when the words of your mouth come to their ears.

I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the holy will have a place in your house.

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.

Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.

Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies.

Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies.

Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.

Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made.

Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:

He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.

Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints.

Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.

To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.

Give him praise for his acts of power: give him praise in the measure of his great strength.

Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him praise with corded instruments of music.

Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments.

Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass.

Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.

And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.

Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.

O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.

For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

I am the Lord; that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to pictured images.

Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.

Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.

Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.

But those who have got in the grain will have it for their food, and will give praise to the Lord; and those who have got in the grapes will take the wine of them in the open places of my holy house.

Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.

For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear.

And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the South, with burned offerings and offerings of beasts and meal offerings and perfume and offerings of praise, to the house of the Lord.

Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.

And from them will go out praise and the sound of laughing: and I will make them great in number, and they will not become less; and I will give them glory, and they will not be small.

For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.

And this town will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who, hearing of all the good which I am doing for them, will be shaking with fear because of all the good and the peace which I am doing for it.

Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.

The praise of Moab has come to an end; as for Heshbon, evil has been designed against her; come, let us put an end to her as a nation. But your mouth will be shut, O Madmen; the sword will go after you.

How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!

How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!

I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.

Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire, so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other god but their God.

And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.

But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;

And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before.

You will have food in full measure, and give praise to the name of the Lord your God, who has done wonders for you:

Let that which is leavened be burned as a praise-offering, let the news of your free offerings be given out publicly; for this is pleasing to you, O children of Israel, says the Lord.

But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.

See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.

At that time I will make you come in, at that time I will get you together: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I let your fate be changed before your eyes, says the Lord.

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying,

And after a song of praise to God, they went out to the Mountain of Olives.

And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.

And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives.

And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.

And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.

Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.