2016 VERSES ON BEING GRATEFUL

Some verses on being grateful:


"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.'" 
(Jonah 2:9, NIV)

"A psalm. For giving grateful praise:

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.  Know that the Lord is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations." (Psalm 100, NIV)

"Sing to the Lord with grateful praise...the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love." (Psalm 147:7, 11, NIV)

"Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe..." (Hebrews 12:8, ESV)

"I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry..." 
(1 Timothy 1:12, NET Bible)

"Yours, O Lord,
is the greatness, the power,
the glory, the victory,
and the majesty.
Everything in the heavens
and on earth is Yours,
O Lord,
and this is Your kingdom.
We adore You
as the One who is over all things.
Wealth and honor come from You alone,
for You rule over everything.
Power and might are in Your hand,
and at Your discretion
people are made great and given strength.
O our God,
we thank You
and praise Your glorious name!"

(1 Chronicles 29:11-13, NLT)


"You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have put off my sackcloth
and girded me with gladness,
To the end that my tongue
and my heart
and everything glorious within me
may sing praise to You
and not be silent.
O Lord my God,
I will give thanks to You forever."

(Psalm 30:11-12, AMP)


"He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God." (Psalm 50:23, NASB)

"It is good to praise the Lord
and make music to your name,
O Most High,
to proclaim Your love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,
to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp.
For You make me glad by your deeds, O Lord;
I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
How great are Your works, O Lord,
how profound Your thoughts!"

(Psalm 92:1-5, NIV)


"O come, let us sing unto the LORD: 
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, 
and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 
For the LORD is a great God, 
and a great King above all gods. 
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: 
the strength of the hills is his also. 
The sea is his, and he made it: 
and his hands formed the dry land. 
O come, let us worship and bow down: 
let us kneel before the LORD our maker." 

(Psalm 95:1-6, KJV)


"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,
all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness:
come before His presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord
He is God:
it is He that hath made us,
and not we ourselves;
we are His people,
and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise:
be thankful unto Him,
and bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting;
and His truth endureth to all generations."

(Psalm 100, KJV)


"Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace.  So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts.  And be grateful.  Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct each other.  With thankful hearts, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.  Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of Him." (Colossians 3:15-17, CEV)

"I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work." (1 Timothy 1:12, NLT)

"Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe…" (Hebrews 12:28, ESV)

 "Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!" (1 Chronicles 16:34, ESV)

"Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks.  Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out.  God's Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy." 
(1 Timothy 4:4-5, MSG)

"I will give thanks and praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; And will glorify Your name forevermore." (Psalm 86:12, AMP)

"...be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 5:18-20, ESV)

"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." (James 1:17, NASB)

"Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." 
(Philippians 4:6, NLT)

"Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving." (Colossians 4:2, ESV)

"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.  O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever." 
(Psalm 30:11-12, NASB)

"Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name." (Psalm 100:3-4, KJV)

"Thank the LORD!  Praise his name…Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things.  Make known his praise around the world.  Let all the people…shout his praise with joy!" (Isaiah 12:4-6, NLT)