What Does the Bible Say About Gratitude And Joy?

Colossians 3:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 100:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 4 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Colossians 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:6-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Ephesians 1:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

John 15:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 3 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.

Hebrews 12:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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 12:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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, for our God is a consuming fire.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 4:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Rejoice always,

1 Thessalonians 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 2 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.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Ephesians 5:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Ephesians 5:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 147:1 ESV / 2 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 118:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 107:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!

Psalm 75:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.

Psalm 50:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,

Psalm 34:1 ESV / 2 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 30:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Job 8:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

1 Chronicles 16:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Chronicles 16:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

38 Bible Verses about Gratitude And Joy

Colossians 3:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 100:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 1:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Colossians 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 5:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 147:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 107:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 75:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 50:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 34:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 30:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 8:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 16:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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