Thanksgiving Bible verses — gratitude for the table and the year
Thanksgiving gathers what faith practises all year: naming the Giver behind every good gift. These are the Bible's great gratitude verses — for the table, the harvest, and the habit of a thankful heart — each one exact King James Version, with a gentle note.
Read one aloud before the meal, or work through them all as the holiday approaches. Every verse links into its full chapter.
Verses for the Thanksgiving table
Short enough to read before the meal — true enough for the whole year.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
The approach: enter his gates with thanksgiving. Read in context →
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Israel's oldest chorus: his mercy endureth for ever. Read in context →
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day — rejoice and be glad in it. Read in context →
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.
Every good gift on the table, traced to the Giver. Read in context →
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
The open hand that satisfies every living thing. Read in context →
A thankful heart
Gratitude as a way of life, not a holiday.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
In every thing give thanks — the will of God for you. Read in context →
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Peace ruling, and be ye thankful. Read in context →
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Bless the LORD — and forget not all his benefits. Read in context →
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Prayer with thanksgiving — the antidote to anxiety. Read in context →
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good. Read in context →
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
The sacrifice of praise, offered continually. Read in context →
Blessing and abundance
The Giver behind every harvest.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
The cup that runneth over — even in the presence of trouble. Read in context →
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
No good thing withheld from them that walk uprightly. Read in context →
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
All grace abounding — sufficiency in all things. Read in context →
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness. Read in context →
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
When thou hast eaten and art full — then bless the LORD. Read in context →
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Verses about thankfulness
The full gratitude collection, verse by verse.
A prayer of thanksgiving
Written words for a grateful heart.
A prayer before a meal
Grace for the table — short enough for hungry guests.
Verses about family
Scripture for the household gathered together.
Read Psalm 100 in full
The thanksgiving psalm, in the King James Version.
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