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Thanksgiving Bible Verses

Giving thanks runs all through the Bible. Psalm 100 calls us to enter God’s gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise, and the psalmists keep returning to one simple reason: the LORD is good, and his mercy endures forever. In the New Testament, Paul writes “In every thing give thanks,” even from a prison cell, and Jesus himself gave thanks before he broke the bread. These Thanksgiving Bible verses gather the best-loved scriptures on gratitude in the King James Version. Read one aloud before the Thanksgiving meal, write one in a card for someone you are grateful for, or let your family take turns choosing a favorite around the table. They are not only for the fourth Thursday of November. Thankfulness is a habit that changes how we see each day, turning our attention from what we lack to the God who gives every good and perfect gift.

Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!

Psalm 100:1 WEB

Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

Psalm 100:2 WEB

Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 100:3 WEB

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

Psalm 100:4 WEB

For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100:5 WEB

Pray without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 WEB

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 WEB

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalm 107:1 WEB

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalm 136:1 WEB

Oh give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalm 136:26 WEB

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

1 Chronicles 16:34 WEB

This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Psalm 118:24 WEB

Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!

Psalm 95:2 WEB

For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.

Psalm 95:3 WEB

It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High,

Psalm 92:1 WEB

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

Psalm 9:1 WEB

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Psalm 9:2 WEB

The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Psalm 28:7 WEB

to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

Psalm 30:12 WEB

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

Psalm 50:14 WEB

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

Psalm 69:30 WEB

Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

Psalm 103:1 WEB

Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

Psalm 103:2 WEB

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Psalm 147:7 WEB

I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

Psalm 34:1 WEB

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

Psalm 63:3 WEB

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

Psalm 63:4 WEB

What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

Psalm 116:12 WEB

I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the LORD’s name.

Psalm 116:17 WEB

You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.

Psalm 65:11 WEB

You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

Deuteronomy 8:10 WEB

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

Colossians 3:15 WEB

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

Colossians 3:16 WEB

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:17 WEB

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Colossians 4:2 WEB

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:7 WEB

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:6 WEB

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

Philippians 1:3 WEB

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Ephesians 5:20 WEB

you being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

2 Corinthians 9:11 WEB

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

2 Corinthians 9:15 WEB

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:57 WEB

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.

James 1:17 WEB

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

Hebrews 13:15 WEB

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Hebrews 12:28 WEB

I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”

Daniel 2:23 WEB

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.”

Jonah 2:9 WEB

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

Luke 17:15 WEB

He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

Luke 17:16 WEB

saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Revelation 7:12 WEB

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Frequently asked questions

What is a good Bible verse for Thanksgiving?

Psalm 100:4 is a favorite: “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise.” Psalm 107:1, “O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good,” and 1 Thessalonians 5:18 are also widely read.

What does the Bible say about being thankful?

It calls believers to give thanks “in every thing” (1 Thessalonians 5:18) and “always for all things” (Ephesians 5:20), because every good gift comes from God (James 1:17).

What scripture can I read before Thanksgiving dinner?

Psalm 100 is short enough to read in full. Deuteronomy 8:10 also fits a meal: “When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.”

Is Thanksgiving in the Bible?

The American holiday is not, but giving thanks to God is everywhere in Scripture. Israel held harvest feasts such as the Feast of Tabernacles, and the Psalms are full of thanksgiving songs.

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