What does it mean to be grateful? What does gratitude mean to you?
It could mean different things to different people depending on the situation and circumstances
As a Christian, you know the importance of giving thanks to our almighty God and just how that can bring you joy and happiness.
In our day-to-day hustle and bustle we tend to forget to give thanks and the positive effect it can have on our wellbeing.
So, if you want joy and happiness in your life and also maintain it, then you must learn to give thanks to whom it should be rendered to and that is our heavenly father.
With this article, you have bible verses about giving thanks. Use them as inspiration
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1 Chronicles 16:34–35
34 Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; His loyal love endures forever.
35 And say, ‘Save us, O God of our salvation, gather us and rescue us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and exult in praising you
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1 Chronicles 29:13
13 And now, O our God, we thank you and praise your beautiful name.
3
Jonah 2:9
But as for me, with the voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed, I will pay. Salvation is from Jehovah.”
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Psalm 7:17
I will praise Jehovah for his justice; I will sing praises to the name of Jehovah+ the Most High.
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Psalm 9:1
I will praise you, O Jehovah, with all my heart; I will tell about all your wonderful works.
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Psalm 26:6–7
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, And I will march around your altar, O Jehovah, 7 To cause the sound of thanksgiving to be heard and to declare all your wonderful works
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Psalm 28:7
Jehovah is my strength and my shield; In him my heart trusts. I have received his help, and my heart rejoices, So I will praise him with my song
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Psalm 30:4
Sing praises to Jehovah, you his loyal ones, Give thanks to his holy name
Psalm 30:12
So that I may sing your praise and not keep silent. O Jehovah my God, I will praise you forever
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Psalm 50:14
Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God, and pay your vows to the Most High
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Psalm 69:30
I will sing praises to the name of God, And I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
11
Psalm 95:2–3
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; Let us sing and shout in triumph to him. 3 For Jehovah is a great God, A great King over all other gods.
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Psalm 100:1–4
Shout in triumph to Jehovah, all the earth.
2 Serve Jehovah with rejoicing. Come into his presence with joyful shouting.
3 Know that Jehovah is God. He is the one who made us, and we belong to him. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Come into his gates with thanksgiving, Into his courtyards with praise. Give thanks to him; praise his name.
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Psalm 105:1–2
Give thanks to Jehovah, call on his name, Make his deeds known among the peoples! 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him, Ponder over all his wonderful works.
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Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; His loyal love endures forever.
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Psalm 107:8
Let people give thanks to Jehovah+ for his loyal love And for his wonderful works in behalf of the sons of men.
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Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; His loyal love endures forever.
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Psalm 136:26
Give thanks to the God of the heavens, For his loyal love endures forever.
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Psalm 147:7
Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God, accompanied by the harp,
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Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will certainly say: “I thank you, O Jehovah, For although you were angry with me,Your anger gradually subsided, and you comforted me.
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Isaiah 12: 4–5
4 And in that day you will say: “Give thanks to Jehovah, call on his name, Make his deeds known among the peoples! Declare that his name is exalted. 5 Sing praises* to Jehovah, for he has done magnificent things. Let this be made known in all the earth.
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Amos 4:5
Burn a thanksgiving sacrifice of leavened bread; Loudly proclaim your voluntary offerings! For that is what you love to do, O people of Israel,’ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.
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Daniel 2:23
23 To you, O God of my forefathers, I offer thanks and praise, Because you have given me wisdom and power. And now you have made known to me what we requested of you; You have made known to us the concern of the king.
23
Jeremiah 30:19
19 And from them will come thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will make them numerous, and they will not be insignificant
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Jeremiah 33:11
11 the sound of exultation and the sound of rejoicing, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying: “Give thanks to Jehovah of armies, for Jehovah is good; his loyal love endures forever!”’
“‘They will bring thanksgiving offerings into the house of Jehovah, for I will bring back the captives of the land, as at the start,’ says Jehovah.
25
John 6:11
Jesus took the bread, and after giving thanks, he distributed it to those who were sitting there; he did likewise with the small fish, and they had as much as they wanted.
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1 Corinthians 15:57
57 But thanks to God, for he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
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2 Corinthians 2:14
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in a triumphal procession in company with the Christ and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him in every place!
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2 Corinthians 4:15
For all these things are for your sake, so that the increase of the undeserved kindness should abound even more because many more are offering thanksgiving to the glory of God.
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2 Corinthians 9:11
In everything you are being enriched for every sort of generosity, which produces through us an expression of thanks to God
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Colossians 3:15
Also, let the peace of the Christ rule in your hearts, for you were called to that peace in one body. And show yourselves thankful.
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of the Christ reside in you richly in all wisdom. Keep on teaching and encouraging one another with psalms, praises to God, spiritual songs sung with gratitude, singing in your hearts to Jehovah.
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Colossians 3:17
Whatever it is that you do in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, thanking God the Father through him.
33
Revelation 11:17
saying: “We thank you, Jehovah God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun ruling as king.
34
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks for everything. This is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
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Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God
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Ephesians 5:20
always giving thanks+ to our God and Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Psalm 100:1-2
Shout in triumph to Jehovah, all the earth.
2 Serve Jehovah with rejoicing. Come into his presence with joyful shouting
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Psalm 100:4
Come into his gates with thanksgiving, Into his courtyards with praise. Give thanks to him; praise his name
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James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect present is from above, coming down from the Father of the celestial lights, who does not vary or change like the shifting shadows.
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Psalm 100:4
Come into his gates with thanksgiving, Into his courtyards with praise. Give thanks to him; praise his name.
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Psalm 50:14
Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God, and pay your vows to the Most High
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Hebrews 13:15
Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God, and pay your vows to the Most High
43
Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will certainly say: “I thank you, O Jehovah, For although you were angry with me, Your anger gradually subsided, and you comforted me.
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Isaiah 12:2
Look! God is my salvation. I will trust and feel no dread; For Jah Jehovah is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation.”
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Isaiah 12:4
And in that day, you will say: “Give thanks to Jehovah, call on his name, Make his deeds known among the peoples! Declare that his name is exalted.
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Isaiah 12:5
Sing praises to Jehovah, for he has done magnificent things. Let this be made known in all the earth.
47
Matthew 6:25
On this account I say to you: Stop being anxious about your lives as to what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your bodies as to what you will wear. Does not life mean more than food and the body than clothing?
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Colossians 4:2
Persevere in prayer, remaining awake in it with thanksgiving.
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Colossians 3:17
Whatever it is that you do in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, thanking God the Father through him.
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2 Corinthians 2:14
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in a triumphal procession in company with the Christ and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him in every place!
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Psalm 69:30
I will sing praises to the name of God, And I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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Psalm 116:12
With what will I repay Jehovah for all the good he has done for me?
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1 Chronicles 16:8
“Give thanks to Jehovah, call on his name, make his deeds known among the peoples!
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1 Chronicles 16:34
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; His loyal love endures forever.
55
2 Corinthians 4:15
For all these things are for your sake, so that the increase of the undeserved kindness should abound even more because many more are offering thanksgiving to the glory of God.
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1 Thessalonians 5:16
Always be rejoicing.
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1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks for everything. This is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
58
Lamentations 3:23
They are new each morning; your faithfulness is abundant.
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Psalm 28:7
Jehovah is my strength+ and my shield; In him my heart trusts. I have received his help, and my heart rejoices, So I will praise him with my song.
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Jeremiah 30:19
And from them will come thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will make them numerous, and they will not be insignificant.
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Psalm 103:2
Let me praise Jehovah; May I never forget all that he has done.
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Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; His loyal love endures forever.
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Psalm 31:19
How abundant your goodness is! You have stored it up for those who fear you, And you have shown it before all men, in behalf of those taking refuge in you.
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1 Timothy 2:1
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made concerning all sorts of men,
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Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God; 7 and the peace+ of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your mental powers by means of Christ Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 1:4
I always thank my God for you in view of the undeserved kindness of God given to you in Christ Jesus;
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Psalm 106:1
Praise Jah! Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; His loyal love endures forever.
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Jonah 2:9
But as for me, with the voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed, I will pay. Salvation is from Jehovah.”
69
Daniel 2:23
To you, O God of my forefathers, I offer thanks and praise, because you have given me wisdom and power. And now you have made known to me what we requested of you; You have made known to us the concern of the king.”
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1 Thessalonians 1:2
We always thank God when we mention all of you in our prayers,
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Luke 6:38
Practice giving, and people will give to you. They will pour into your laps a fine measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing. For with the measure that you are measuring out, they will measure out to you in return.”
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1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks to God, for he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
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Psalm 147:7
Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God, accompanied by the harp
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Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, seeing that we are to receive a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us continue to receive undeserved kindness, through which we may acceptably offer God sacred service with godly fear and awe.
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2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God for his indescribable free gift.
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2 Corinthians 9:11
In everything you are being enriched for every sort of generosity, which produces through us an expression of thanks to God;
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Psalm 95:1
Come, let us shout joyfully to Jehovah! Let us shout in triumph to our Rock of salvation.
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Revelation 11:17
saying: “We thank you, Jehovah God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun ruling as king.
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Psalm 105:1
Give thanks to Jehovah, call on his name, make his deeds known among the peoples!
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Psalm 75:1
We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks to you; Your name is near, and people declare your wondrous works
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Ephesians 5:4
neither shameful conduct nor foolish talking nor obscene jesting things that are not befitting—but rather the giving of thanks
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1 Timothy 4:4-5
For every creation of God is fine, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 for it is sanctified through God’s word and prayer over it.
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Revelation 7:12
saying: “Amen! Let the praise and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
84
John 6:11
Jesus took the bread, and after giving thanks, he distributed it to those who were sitting there; he did likewise with the small fish, and they had as much as they wanted.
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Psalm 116:17
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving; I will call on the name of Jehovah.
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Psalm 92:1
It is good to give thanks to Jehovah And to sing praises to your name, O Most High,
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Psalm 35:18
Then I will give thanks to you in the great congregation; I will praise you among the throngs of people.
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1 Timothy 1:12
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who imparted power to me, because he considered me faithful by assigning me to a ministry,
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Psalm 147:7
Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God, accompanied by the harp,
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Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living can praise you, Just as I can this day. A father can give his sons knowledge about your faithfulness
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1 Chronicles 23:30
They were to stand morning by morning+ to thank and praise Jehovah and likewise in the evening.
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Romans 12:1
Therefore, I appeal to you by the compassions of God, brothers, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, a sacred service with your power of reason.
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Romans 1:8
First of all, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ concerning all of you, because your faith is talked about throughout the whole world.
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are obligated always to give thanks to God for you, brothers. This is fitting, because your faith is growing exceedingly and the love of each and every one of you is increasing toward one another.
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Philippians 1:3
I thank my God always when I remember you
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James 5:13
Is there anyone suffering hardship among you? Let him carry on prayer. Is there anyone in good spirits? Let him sing psalms.
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Psalm 30:4
Sing praises to Jehovah, you his loyal ones, Give thanks to his holy name;
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Psalm 50:23
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me,
And as for the one who follows a set course, I will cause him to see salvation by God.”
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Psalm 69:30-31
I will sing praises to the name of God, And I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your food with rejoicing, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for already the true God has found pleasure in your works.