100 Bible Verses about Praising God

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 789 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! ...

James 5:13 ESV / 563 helpful votes

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Psalm 95:1-11 ESV / 532 helpful votes

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. ...

Hebrews 13:15 ESV / 503 helpful votes

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 150:6 ESV / 465 helpful votes

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Psalm 34:1 ESV / 424 helpful votes

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 115:1 ESV / 418 helpful votes

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

Psalm 71:8 ESV / 379 helpful votes

My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.

Psalm 103:2 ESV / 363 helpful votes

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

Isaiah 25:1 ESV / 349 helpful votes

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

Psalm 22:3 ESV / 339 helpful votes

Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

2 Samuel 22:50 ESV / 329 helpful votes

“For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.

Psalm 103:1 ESV / 326 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Mark 10:27 ESV / 325 helpful votes

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 307 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Psalm 42:11 ESV / 284 helpful votes

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Psalm 24:8-10 ESV / 284 helpful votes

Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 275 helpful votes

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.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 271 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 270 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Psalm 69:30 ESV / 269 helpful votes

I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ESV / 269 helpful votes

“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. ...

Psalm 103:1-2 ESV / 245 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

Exodus 15:2 ESV / 244 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Acts 16:25 ESV / 240 helpful votes

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 239 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 231 helpful votes

Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Jeremiah 17:14 ESV / 229 helpful votes

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.

Psalm 105:1 ESV / 225 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!

Psalm 63:3-4 ESV / 223 helpful votes

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

Psalm 150:1 ESV / 222 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!

Romans 14:11 ESV / 221 helpful votes

For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

John 14:26 ESV / 221 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 221 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 219 helpful votes

A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Daniel 2:23 ESV / 213 helpful votes

To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter.”

Acts 2:46-47 ESV / 203 helpful votes

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Deuteronomy 10:21 ESV / 202 helpful votes

He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.

Psalm 144:1 ESV / 200 helpful votes

Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

Psalm 119:7 ESV / 195 helpful votes

I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.

Psalm 9:1 ESV / 189 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

Psalm 145:3 ESV / 188 helpful votes

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

Psalm 100:4 ESV / 188 helpful votes

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Psalm 66:17 ESV / 182 helpful votes

I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 175 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

Psalm 145:1 ESV / 173 helpful votes

A Song of Praise. Of David. I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.

Job 1:20-21 ESV / 172 helpful votes

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Revelation 5:13 ESV / 171 helpful votes

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

Psalm 7:17 ESV / 171 helpful votes

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.

Psalm 29:2 ESV / 170 helpful votes

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

Psalm 56:4 ESV / 169 helpful votes

In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Isaiah 12:4 ESV / 164 helpful votes

And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.

Psalm 95:6 ESV / 163 helpful votes

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

Psalm 108:3 ESV / 162 helpful votes

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 161 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

2 Samuel 22:4 ESV / 157 helpful votes

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 155 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Psalm 147:1 ESV / 155 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

Psalm 92:1 ESV / 155 helpful votes

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

Psalm 109:30 ESV / 151 helpful votes

With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.

Psalm 34:1-22 ESV / 145 helpful votes

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. ...

Psalm 22:26 ESV / 145 helpful votes

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!

1 Chronicles 16:34 ESV / 145 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

Psalm 35:28 ESV / 144 helpful votes

Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.

Psalm 34:2 ESV / 144 helpful votes

My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 142 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

John 4:24 ESV / 141 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Psalm 139:13-14 ESV / 141 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 99:5 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!

James 3:10 ESV / 139 helpful votes

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Psalm 104:33 ESV / 136 helpful votes

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

Psalm 101:1 ESV / 136 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.

Luke 2:1-20:47 ESV / 135 helpful votes

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. ...

Psalm 35:18 ESV / 134 helpful votes

I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.

Romans 14:11-13 ESV / 133 helpful votes

For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

Acts 16:1-25:27 ESV / 133 helpful votes

Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. ...

Daniel 4:37 ESV / 133 helpful votes

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

Psalm 111:1 ESV / 132 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.

Psalm 71:2 ESV / 129 helpful votes

In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!

Psalm 66:3 ESV / 129 helpful votes

Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

Jeremiah 20:13 ESV / 125 helpful votes

Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

Acts 2:2 ESV / 124 helpful votes

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

Psalm 66:4 ESV / 124 helpful votes

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah

Psalm 95:1 ESV / 121 helpful votes

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

Psalm 68:4 ESV / 120 helpful votes

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him!

Psalm 108:2 ESV / 118 helpful votes

Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 114 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

Psalm 9:2 ESV / 112 helpful votes

I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 109 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Psalm 29:1-11 ESV / 109 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon. ...

Revelation 5:2 ESV / 106 helpful votes

And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

John 4:23 ESV / 105 helpful votes

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Isaiah 12:1-14:32 ESV / 105 helpful votes

You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted. “Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. ...

Luke 10:27 ESV / 104 helpful votes

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

Psalm 63:2 ESV / 104 helpful votes

So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

Psalm 145:21 ESV / 102 helpful votes

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Psalm 42:3 ESV / 102 helpful votes

My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”

Luke 19:40 ESV / 100 helpful votes

He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”

Psalm 106:1 ESV / 99 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 96 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

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