being thankful
What does the Bible say about being thankful? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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18Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.
1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
20giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.
15And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts. 17Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
17Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
15Thanks be to God for his ineffable gift.
1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
2Pursue prayer. Be watchful in prayer with acts of thanksgiving.
15And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.
4Enter his gates with confession, his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him. Praise his name.
17Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
5May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.
1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever. 2Let Israel now say: For he is good, for his mercy is forever. 3Let the house of Aaron now say: For his mercy is forever. 4Let those who fear the Lord now say: For his mercy is forever. 5In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord. And the Lord heeded me with generosity. 6The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.
13So then, may my glory sing to you, and may I not regret it. O Lord, my God, I will confess to you for eternity.