Bible Verses About Thanksgiving and Gratitude (KJV)

2 Corinthians 9:15
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Gratitude is one of the most important attitudes we can have. It not only brings joy to our hearts but also blesses those around us. When we are grateful, it shows that we appreciate what others have done for us, and it builds relationships of trust and love.

The Bible teaches us to be grateful for everything, even the difficult things that happen in life. Through our difficulties, we grow stronger in our faith and learn to rely on God more.

So whatever situation you find yourself in today, remember to be thankful. Give thanks to God for all His blessings, and thank others for their love and support. Gratitude will make your day brighter and bless those around you.

 

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What Does The Bible Teach About Thanksgiving and Gratitude?

The Bible teaches that we should give thanks for all of the good things that God has done for us. We should also be grateful for the blessings that God has given us. The Bible says,

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever” (Psalm 107:1).

We should always be thankful to God.

He is the giver of all good things, and we should express our gratitude to Him for His many blessings. The apostle Paul wrote,

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Be thankful for others.

We are to show our appreciation for what others have done for us and express our gratitude in words and deeds. The apostle Paul wrote,

“Let the giving of thanks be your common practice” (2 Corinthians 9:14).

Thanksgiving and gratitude are good for our well-being.

When we express our thankfulness to God and others, it brings joy and peace into our lives. The apostle Paul wrote,

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).

So let us all commit to thank God every day for His many blessings, and let us express our gratitude to others in words and deeds. Thankfulness and gratitude are good for our own well-being, and they will help to make our world a better place.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Bible Verses About Thanksgiving and Gratitude

1. Psalm 147:7

Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

2. Ephesians 5:4

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

3. Ephesians 1:16

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

4. Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

5. Nehemiah 12:8

Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

6. 1 Timothy 2:1

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

7. Psalm 69:30

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

8. Acts 28:15

And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

9. 1 Corinthians 11:24

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

10. Isaiah 51:3

For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

11. Psalm 100:4

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

12. Luke 24:30

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

13. Mark 8:6

And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

14. 2 Corinthians 4:15

2 Corinthians 4:15

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For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

15. 1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

16. Revelation 7:12

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

17. Colossians 3:17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

18. Romans 14:6

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

19. Romans 6:17

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

20. Revelation 11:17

Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

21. Luke 9:16

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

22. Matthew 14:19

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

23. Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

24. 1 Corinthians 10:30

For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

25. 1 Corinthians 10:16

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

26. Psalm 50:14

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

27. Revelation 4:9

And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

28. Psalm 95:2

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

29. 1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

30. Colossians 1:12

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

31. Ezra 3:11

And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

32. Philippians 4:6

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

33. 2 Corinthians 2:14

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

34. 1 Chronicles 16:4

And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

35. Psalm 42:4

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

36. 2 Corinthians 9:15

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

37. Jeremiah 30:19

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

38. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

39. Nehemiah 11:17

And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

 

2 Corinthians 1:11
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Bible Verses About Thankfulness To God

1. 2 Corinthians 1:11

Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

2. Hebrews 13:15

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

3. Psalm 75:1

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

4. Psalm 50:14

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

5. 2 Corinthians 9:15

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

6. 1 Corinthians 9:11

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

7. 2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

8. 2 Thessalonians 1:3

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

9. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

10. Romans 6:17

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

11. Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

12. Colossians 3:17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

13. John 6:11

And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

14. Psalm 97:12

Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

15. 1 Timothy 2:1

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

16. Acts 27:35

And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

17. Ephesians 1:16

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

18. 1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

19. 2 Corinthians 2:14

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

20. Psalm 35:18

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I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

21. 1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

22. Psalm 106:1

Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

23. Ephesians 5:20

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

24. Psalm 107:1

O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

25. 1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

26. Daniel 2:23

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.

27. Romans 1:8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

28. Nehemiah 12:31

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

29. Psalm 30:4

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

30. 1 Thessalonians 1:2

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

31. 1 Corinthians 1:4

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

32. Revelation 11:17

Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

 

We can be thankful for our health, our families, our friends, and our many blessings. Let us remember to count our blessings every day! What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Celine Rice
Celine is a web blogger who enjoys writing about her daily life. Her favorite topics are education and feminism. As much as she enjoys being creative, she sometimes just wants to sit down and read a good book without overthinking.
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