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Bible verses about gratitude
Eleven verses on giving thanks, shortest first. The Bible's most repeated song lyric is a thank-you, and its instruction is bolder than a mood: thanks in every circumstance.
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Every verse below is quoted from the Berean Standard Bible with a line of context. Several are exactly the size of a table grace; pick one and learn it by heart in a sitting or two, and it will turn up at dinner tables for the rest of your life.
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Eight words that end a chapter about generosity. The gift is indescribable; the thanks can still be said.
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
The Bible's refrain: this line opens psalms, echoes through Chronicles, and was sung at the temple dedication. Israel's most repeated lyric.
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
Gratitude with a method: recounting. Naming the wonders one at a time is the oldest gratitude practice on record.
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Always and for everything: Paul leaves no gaps on purpose. Part of his description of a Spirit-filled life.
Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
Thanksgiving as the door you come in through. The psalm behind centuries of opening hymns.
This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Gratitude scaled down to a single day: this one, whatever it holds. A morning verse for generations.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
From the psalm titled for giving thanks, sung at the temple gates. Thanks is the password at the entrance.
Rejoice at all times. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
In every circumstance, not for every circumstance; the thanks rests on who God is, not on the day going well. Three commands, eleven words, one habit.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
The sentence ends with three words that sound almost casual and are not: be thankful is standing orders.
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.
Two verses later, thanks has spread to everything: word, deed, all of it done thankfully.
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.
The theology under the thank-you: if every good gift has the same sender, gratitude always has an address.
Word counts use this site's counting rule in the Berean Standard Bible. Each reference links to the verse in its chapter.
Thanks you can say by heart
Gratitude in the Bible is mostly said aloud: sung at gates, recounted wonder by wonder, spoken over meals. The five-step method makes short work of these; 2 Corinthians 9:15 or Psalm 107:1 can stick in a single sitting, and either one upgrades a mumbled table grace into an heirloom.
Questions
What is a good Bible verse about gratitude?
Psalm 107:1 is the Bible's own refrain: Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 is the most quoted instruction, and 2 Corinthians 9:15 is the shortest at eight words.
What does the Bible say about being thankful in hard times?
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says to give thanks in every circumstance, not for every circumstance; the thanks is anchored in God's character and presence rather than in the situation being good. Psalm 107:1's reason holds on the hard days too, which is why the Bible keeps repeating it.
Which of these verses should I memorize first?
2 Corinthians 9:15 at eight words, or Psalm 107:1 at fourteen; either can stick in a single sitting with the five-step method, and both are table-grace sized.
Half remember a different verse?
The words don't need to match exactly, just type what you remember.