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45 Powerful Bible Verses About Thankfulness to God

February 15, 2020

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45 Powerful Bible Verses About Thankfulness to God

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Thankfulness and gratitude are life-changing habits. The more you practice it, the happier you become. When you see God's miracles happening around you, you start feeling gratitude for what God has given you.

Gratitude can guide our actions. When you receive God's blessings in our life, we give thanks to God and pay it forward to others. This cycle of thankfulness permeates through society and makes the world better.

The spirit of thankfulness and gratitude is essential to cultivate in your day-to-day life. We have composed our 45 favorite Bible verses about gratitude. Share them within your Bible study, your small group, and at your church. Let the world become a place filled with gratitude for what God has done for us all.

1. Psalms 147:7 KJV

Psalms 147:7

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

2. Psalms 35:18 KJV

Psalms 35:18

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

3. Daniel 2:23 KJV

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.

4. Ezra 3:11 KJV

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.

5. Ephesians 5:18-20 KJV

Ephesians 5:18-20

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

6. Psalms 118:1 KJV

Psalms 118:1

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

7. Hebrews 13:15-16 KJV

Hebrews 13:15-16

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. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

8. Psalms 69:30 KJV

Psalms 69:30

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

9. Psalms 107:21-22 KJV

Psalms 107:21-22

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

10. Psalms 7:17 KJV

Psalms 7:17

I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

11. Psalms 95:1-3 KJV

Psalms 95:1-3

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

12. Colossians 2:6-7 KJV

Colossians 2:6-7

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

13. Psalms 9:1 KJV

Psalms 9:1

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

14. Colossians 3:15-17 KJV

Colossians 3:15-17

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 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.

15. Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

Philippians 4:6-7

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

16. Psalms 106:1 KJV

Psalms 106:1

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

17. Colossians 4:2 KJV

Colossians 4:2

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

18. Hebrews 12:28-29 KJV

Hebrews 12:28-29

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.

19. Psalms 100:4-5 KJV

Psalms 100:4-5

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

20. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

21. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV

1 Thessalonians 5:18

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

22. Psalms 13:5 KJV

Psalms 13:5

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

23. Psalms 4:7 KJV

Psalms 4:7

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

24. Colossians 3:17 KJV

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.

25. Psalms 100:4 KJV

Psalms 100:4

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

26. Psalms 107:21 KJV

Psalms 107:21

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

27. Psalms 92:1-2 KJV

Psalms 92:1-2

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

28. Psalms 103:1 KJV

Psalms 103:1

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

29. Hebrews 13:15 KJV

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.

30. Psalms 34:8 KJV

Psalms 34:8

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

31. Philippians 4:6 KJV

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.

32. Colossians 3:16 KJV

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

33. 1 Chronicles 16:35 KJV

1 Chronicles 16:35

And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

34. Psalms 9:1-2 KJV

Psalms 9:1-2

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

35. Psalms 95:2 KJV

Psalms 95:2

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

36. 1 Samuel 12:24 KJV

1 Samuel 12:24

Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

37. Hebrews 12:28-29 KJV