What does the Bible say about thankfulness?

Key Bible verses about thankfulness

1. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

   In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

2. Psalm 100:4-5

   Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

3. Psalm 107:1

   Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

4. Psalm 103:1-2

   By David. Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

5. Colossians 3:15-17

   And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord. Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

6. Ephesians 5:20

   giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

7. Philippians 4:6

   In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

8. James 1:17

   Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.

9. Romans 1:21

   Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

10. Hebrews 12:28

    Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

11. Luke 17:15-18

    One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

12. 2 Corinthians 9:15

    Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

Scripture: World English Bible (public domain). Short quotations in the introduction are from the ESV. Read each passage in its chapter for the full context.