Thanksgiving Bible Verses

Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 01/22/2024
Thanksgiving Bible Verses

Thanksgiving Bible Verses to Praise God with Gratitude - Be encouraged by these divine Scriptures of gratitude that show us the true spirit of Thanksgiving! It's so easy during the Thanksgiving holiday season (or any time of the year!) to be overwhelmed with all the tasks and activities that we forget to stop and reflect on why we should celebrate. Take a minute to stop and read these Thanksgiving Bible verses as you meditate on all the ways God has blessed you! 

As you read these verses, include a Thanksgiving prayer to say around the dinner table or quietly in your heart to thank God and praise Him for the good that surrounds you.

Here, we have collected our favorite Scriptures about giving thanks to God for the countless blessings He provides. These scriptures offer a real way to express your appreciation to God for His abundant gifts. You'll find that the more you meditate on these timeless truths, the more attuned you become to the countless blessings that surround you, both big and small. May these Bible verses help you cultivate and sustain a heart overflowing with thanksgiving in all seasons of life!

Top Thanksgiving Bible Verses

Psalm 107:1: "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"

Psalm 7:17"I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High."

1 Thessalonians 5:18"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you"

Philippians 4:6: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."

Colossians 3:15: "And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful."

Colossians 4:2: Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Psalm 28:7: The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Hebrews 13:15: Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

Psalm 69:30: I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

1 Chronicles 16:34: Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

James 1:17: 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.

For additional reading, we recommend Bible verses about gratitude and Psalms of thanksgiving that can uplift your faith and joy. 

Download a beautiful copy of Printable Thanksgiving Bible Verses to print and share around the table!

Read more Bible verses about thanksgiving in the collection of scriptures below:

Praise Him
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
Philippians 4:6
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Psalm 100:4
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 - Give Thanks
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 7 17 "I Will Give to the Lord the Thanks Due!"
17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
Just Breathe
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Your Daily Verse - Psalm 9:1
1 I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
HIS NAME IS EXALTED! - Isaiah 12:4
4 In that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
His grace for us is overwhelmingly worthy of our thanks! -2 Corinthians 4:15
15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.
1 Corinthians 15:57
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
His grace for us is overwhelmingly worthy of our thanks! -2 Corinthians 4:15
15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
Psalm 107:9
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:15-16
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
God ALWAYS keeps his promises -Jonah 2:9
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ ”
17 saying: “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Thank You Bee
12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
1 Praise the LORD.Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORDor fully declare his praise?
Psalm 103:1
1 Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—
Philippians 4:7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1 Praise the LORD.Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
Give Thanks
1 It is good to praise the LORDand make music to your name, O Most High,
2 proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
Colossians 2:6-7
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Your Daily Verse - 1 Chronicles 16:34
34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!
9 For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.
Numbers 6:24-26
24 “ ‘ “The LORD bless you and keep you;
25 the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;
26 the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’
Pure Joy
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.
Psalm 28:7
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Colossians 3:16
16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
13 Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.
13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever.” Then the temple of the LORD was filled with the cloud,
Sacrifice of Praise
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.
19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
Psalm 69:30 - Praise God's Name
30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
Lamentations 3:22-23
22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—
2 Corinthians 9:11-12
11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
24 They do not say to themselves, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’
What are you thankful for? - 1 Timothy 4:4-5
4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, “Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever.” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,’ says the LORD.