Give Thanks to The Lord This November With These Thanksgiving Bible Verses

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We all know that gratitude and appreciation lie at the heart of the Thanksgiving holiday, but between all the rushing around to prep a delightful Thanksgiving menu, putting up fall decorations, and even making a last-minute dash to the store for a forgotten ingredient or two, we can sometimes lose sight of why we're even celebrating.

This year, as we gather with our loved ones and sit around tables laden with roasted turkey, Thanksgiving sides, and plenty of pumpkin pie, it's important to take a moment and appreciate life's blessings. The best way to do that? With the word of God! There are so many Thanksgiving Bible verses that serve as a reminder of the meaning of Thanksgiving—and will inspire us to pause, reflect, and express our gratitude for everything we've been given.

Whether you need fall Bible verses, a few Thanksgiving prayers before the big feast or are looking for short scripture so you can pass along thoughtful Thanksgiving wishes to family and friends, you'll find plenty of options within the pages of The Lord's text. There are plenty of Thanksgiving quotes and November quotes to help us recognize the abundance of blessings bestowed upon us, both spiritually as well as the actual harvest we'll enjoy on the holiday. You'll also find passages about praising God for the bounty. So, prepare your Thanksgiving wine and bread, and read these Thanksgiving Bible verses to really get in the spirit of the holiday.

Thanksgiving Bible Verses About Gratitude

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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."

  • Psalm 100:4: "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name."

  • Colossians 2:6-7: "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving."

  • Psalm 50:14: "Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving! Fulfill the promises you made to the Most High!"

  • Philippians 4:6-7: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

  • 2 Corinthians 9:10-11: "Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God."

  • Colossians 4:2: "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."

  • Psalm 69:30: "I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving."

  • Psalm 28:7: "The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him."

Thanksgiving Bible Verses About Praise

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

  • Colossians 3:16: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God."

  • Hebrews 12:28-29: "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our 'God is a consuming fire.'"

  • Psalm 107:8-9: "Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things."

  • Psalm 95:2-3: "Let's come before him with thanks! Let's shout songs of joy to him! The Lord is a great God, the great king over all other gods."

  • 1 Chronicles 16:34: "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever."

  • Hebrews 13:15: "Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name."

Thanksgiving Bible Verses About the Harvest

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  • Psalm 85:12: "The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest."

  • Proverbs 3:9-10: "Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine."

  • Galatians 6:7-9: "A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

  • Psalm 107:37: "They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest."

  • Psalm 67:6: "The earth has yielded its harvest. God, our God, blesses us."

  • Isaiah 9:3: "You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder."

  • 1 Corinthians 9:10: "Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when farmers plow and thresh, they should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest."

  • Isaiah 9:3: "You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as soldiers rejoice when dividing the plunder."

  • Revelation 14:15: "Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, 'Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.'"

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