The True Meaning of Thanksgiving! But You Can Still Enjoy God's Blessings

Bible Verses for Thanksgiving - Read what the Bible says about Thanksgiving in terms of Jesus Christ and God. Find many instances in the Bible that talk about giving thanks to God and Jesus for all the blessings they provide us.
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• Nehemiah 12:46-47

  For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.  So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.
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• Psalm 95:2-3

  Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.  For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
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• 1 Corinthians 1:4-5

  I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.  For in him you have been enriched in every way--in all your speaking and in all your knowledge--
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• 2 Corinthians 4:15-16

  All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.  Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
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• 2 Corinthians 9:11-12

  You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.  This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
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• Ephesians 1:15-16

  For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,  I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
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• 1 Timothy 4:4-5

  For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,  because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
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• 1 Chronicles 16:34

  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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• Psalm 7:17

  I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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• Psalm 28:7

  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
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• Psalm 100:4

  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
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• Psalm 106:1

  Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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• Isaiah 12:4

  In that day you will say: "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
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• Jeremiah 33:11

  the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the LORD.
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• Romans 16:6

  Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.
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• Colossians 3:17

  And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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• 1 Thessalonians 5:18

  give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
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