Gratitude is the Bible's most repeated command, and these verses treat it as a practice rather than a mood: remember the benefits, name them, say thanks out loud. If today is a good day, these passages give it words. If it is a hard one, they offer the stubborn kind of thanks that holds things together.
Bible Verses for When You Feel Grateful
when your heart is full — 25 hand-picked passages.
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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”John 3:16
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”Psalms 118:24
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”Psalms 139:14
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”Psalms 103:2
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”Lamentations 3:22
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”John 15:13
“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”Acts 20:35
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 5:8
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”1 Corinthians 13:13
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”1 Corinthians 15:57
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”2 Corinthians 9:7
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2:20
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”Colossians 3:15
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”1 Thessalonians 5:18
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”Titus 2:11
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”James 1:17
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”James 5:16
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”1 Peter 1:3
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”1 John 3:1
“We love him, because he first loved us.”1 John 4:19
“The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:”Numbers 6:24
“O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.”1 Chronicles 16:34
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”Psalms 100:4
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”Proverbs 11:25
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