The word in Scripture

Thanksgiving in the Bible

The word thanksgiving appears 28 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Thanksgiving is gratitude expressed to God for His gifts and goodness. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What thanksgiving means in the Bible

Thanksgiving is gratitude expressed to God for His gifts and goodness.

Where the word thanksgiving appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word thanksgiving appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”Psalms 100:4

“I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.”Psalms 116:17

“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.”Isaiah 51:3

“And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.”Jeremiah 30:19

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”Philippians 4:6

“Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”Colossians 2:7

“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;”Colossians 4:2

“Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.”Revelation 7:12