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Thankfulness

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Thankfulness
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. — 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Category	Virtues, Practices
Passages	16 (21 verses)
Old Testament	4 passages
New Testament	12 passages
Books cited	Psalms, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, Hebrews
Also called	thanksgiving, gratitude, giving thanks, grateful

Thankfulness is giving thanks to God. This page lists verses on giving thanks in everything, thanksgiving in the Psalms, thankful hearts, Jesus giving thanks, and thankfulness and ingratitude.

Give thanks in everything

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
¹⁶Rejoice evermore. ¹⁷Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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Colossians 3:17
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
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In the Psalms

Psalm 118:1
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
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Psalm 95:2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
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Psalm 100:4
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
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Psalm 107:1
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Thankful hearts

Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
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Hebrews 12:28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
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Jesus giving thanks

Matthew 26:27
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
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John 6:11
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
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John 11:41
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
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Thankfulness and ingratitude

Luke 17:15-18
¹⁵And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, ¹⁶And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? ¹⁸There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
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Romans 1:21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
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Notes

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