Bible verses · Berean Standard Bible
Bible Verses About Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Read Scripture on giving thanks in worship, at meals, in hard times, for other people, and in response to mercy.
Each selection is one verse. Open the full chapter to read who is speaking and what surrounds it.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
In context: Paul places thanksgiving among short instructions for the life of the church.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
In context: The psalm opens a series of stories about people rescued from distress.
Read the full chapter →Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
In context: Paul connects thanksgiving with words and actions done in Jesus' name.
Read the full chapter →Luke 17:16
He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him — and he was a Samaritan.
In context: One healed man returns to thank Jesus after the ten are cleansed.
Read the full chapter →Deuteronomy 8:10
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
In context: Moses tells Israel, about to enter a land of wheat, vines and olive oil, to bless God for it after eating their fill.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 65:11
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.
In context: A psalm of David praises God for rain and growing grain; this verse pictures the whole year crowned with his bounty.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 100:4
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
In context: Titled "A Psalm of thanksgiving", this short psalm calls all the earth to enter God's courts with thanks.
Read the full chapter →Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
In context: Daniel keeps giving thanks three times a day, though a new decree makes prayer to anyone but the king punishable by the lions' den.
Read the full chapter →John 6:11
Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
In context: Before feeding a crowd of about five thousand men, Jesus gives thanks over a boy's five barley loaves and two fish.
Read the full chapter →2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
In context: Paul closes his appeal for a gift to believers in need by thanking God for his own indescribable gift.
Read the full chapter →Philippians 1:3
I thank my God every time I remember you.
In context: Writing in chains, Paul opens his letter by thanking God for the believers at Philippi, his partners in the gospel.
Read the full chapter →James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
In context: James reminds his readers that every good gift comes from God, whose goodness does not change.
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