Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
Psalms 50:14
“Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:”
— Psalms 50:14
Thanksgiving in the Bible is not a mood but a liturgy with a schedule — Psalm 100's gates, Daniel's three times a day, and one command with no exceptions clause: "In every thing give thanks." These are the harvest-table verses.
Quick answer: The most-read verse for thanksgiving is Psalms 50:14: "Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:" Psalms 69:30 is the traditional second reading: "I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving." All fifteen verses below are shown in full King James text, public domain, with copy buttons and a modern-English toggle on every card.
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
Psalms 50:14
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Psalms 69:30
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
Psalms 95:2
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
Psalms 100:4
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 100:5
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,
Psalms 103:2
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalms 118:1
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
Psalms 119:164
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalms 136:1
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
Daniel 6:10
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
Jonah 2:9
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
Ephesians 5:20
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
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 and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
James 1:17
These verses are read in the season itself — in services, around tables, in cards, and aloud at the gatherings the date calls for. Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. The list also gets read in preparation: the weeks before, when the readings are chosen and the family texts are picked. 15 verses is deliberate: long enough to cover the occasion's full range, short enough to read through once.
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15 KJV Bible verses for christmas — Isaiah 9:6, Micah 5:2 and more.
15 KJV Bible verses for easter — Matthew 28:5, Matthew 28:6 and more.
15 KJV Bible verses for good friday — Psalms 22:1, Psalms 31:5 and more.
15 KJV Bible verses for palm sunday — Psalms 24:7, Psalms 24:8 and more.
15 KJV Bible verses for ash wednesday — Psalms 95:6, Lamentations 3:40 and more.
15 KJV Bible verses for lent — Psalms 51:17, Lamentations 3:25 and more.
15 KJV verses for anxious moments — Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7, Matthew 6:34 and more.
15 KJV "fear not" verses — Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 23:4, Joshua 1:9 and more.
15 KJV verses for weary seasons — Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 4:13, Psalm 46:1 and more.
15 KJV verses for hopeful endurance — Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 15:13, Lamentations 3:22-23 and more.
15 KJV verses on peace — John 14:27, Isaiah 26:3, Psalm 4:8 and more.
15 KJV verses to encourage someone — Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9, Hebrews 10:24-25 and more.
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