God is good and every good and perfect gift comes from Him. It shouldn’t surprise you therefore that the Bible has tons of Bible verses about giving thanks.
As you go through your days, thanksgiving Bible verses are a great addition to your Thanksgiving celebration. They are also a great addition to your daily worship experience.
What is a Good Bible Verse for Thanksgiving?
During the Thanksgiving holiday, our focus usually turns to ways we can give thanks to God. At that of the year, we are more aware of why we need to be thankful.
If you had to choose a single Thanksgiving Bible verse to focus on for the entire Thanksgiving period, and in fact for every day of Your life, it should be this one,
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV
This verse is a reminder that we need to practice thanksgiving to God even when life doesn’t turn out how we had hoped. We give thanks to God even when He doesn’t answer our prayers the way we hoped He would.
Examples of thanksgiving in the Bible
How do you give thanksgiving to God? What does the Bible say about Thanksgiving to God? There are many stories and examples of how to give thanks in the Bible. One of my favorites is Hannah’s. You can read the full account including Hannah’s prayer in 1 Samuel 1-2.
Hannah was the beloved wife of Elkanah but she couldn’t have children. In a society that praised women for the fruitfulness of their wombs, life must have been very hard for her. Especially when her husband’s second wife Penninah started having lots of babies.
The Bible tells us that Penninah made Hannah’s life miserable. So much so that she went to the Temple and poured out her heart, including her desire for a child to the Lord.
When God blessed her with a child, Hannah was effusive in her praise.
“My heart rejoices in the LORD;
My horn is exalted in the LORD.
I smile at my enemies,
Because I rejoice in Your salvation.
No one is holy like the LORD,
For there is none besides You,
Nor is there any rock like our God.” 1 Samuel 2:1-2 NKJV
Hannah’s thanksgiving reminds us that out of the abundance of our heart, the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45). Her heart was filled to the brim with thanksgiving for what God had done and it spilled out of her mouth as praise.
Benefits of Bible Verses About Thanksgiving
Gratitude is a position of the heart. It reminds us that everything we have comes from God and that we should be grateful for it. God is not obligated to provide anything for us and so we should be grateful for the things He does provide.
There are many benefits of meditating on thanksgiving Bible verses.
1. Thanksgiving Bible verses give you joy. Praise shuts down worry and anxiety. When you are giving thanks, you’re praising God and our praise lifts our spirits in worship.
2. Bible verses on thanksgiving change your perspective. When you spend time focusing on what you have and what God has blessed you with, it reminds you that what you have is more than what you don’t have.
3. Thinking about Bible verses on thanksgiving keeps you young at heart. Joy makes the heart glad. The more you think about what you have to be thankful for, the more joyful you become.
4. Guards your heart against evil thoughts and malcontent. If you continually lust after the things of the world. you’ll be envious of what others have. But when you spend time meditating on thanksgiving Bible verses, you remember to practice gratitude.
Bible Verses About Appreciation and Gratitude
As Christians, we’re encouraged to give thanks in all circumstances. But if we don’t have the truth of God’s Word hidden in our hearts, we’re more likely to complain than praise.
Meditate on these Bible verses of thanksgiving, memorize them, cover your walls with them so you can remember to focus on gratitude when the enemy would want you to complain.
Bible verses about being thankful for blessings
There’s no doubt about it, we have been richly blessed by an amazingly generous God. Unfortunately, we are oftentimes so focused on what we want that we forget about all that we have received.
These Bible verses on thanksgiving remind us to change our focus and to express gratitude for what we have received.
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 ESV
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 ESV
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! 1 Chronicles 16:34 ESV
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV
Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15 ESV
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 2 Corinthians 2:14 ESV
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. Hebrews 13:15 NIV
Bible verses about thanksgiving and gratitude
An attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude is crucial if we’re going to have a heart that is tuned in to worship God.
These Bible verses about thanksgiving and gratitude will remind you that we always have reason to give God thanks.
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV
“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” Philippians 4:4 (NKJV)
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)
Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ephesians 5:20 ESV
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 ESV
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2 ESV
Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! 1 Chronicles 16:8 ESV
And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name. 1 Chronicles 29:13 ESV
Saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign. Revelation 11:17 ESV
Saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Revelation 7:12 ESV
You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11 ESV
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. Romans 11:36 NKJV
Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name. 2 Samuel 22:50 NKJV
I pray that you’ll spend some time this Thanksgiving meditating on these verses (and others) giving thanks to God for everything.
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