Thankfulness: Should Be Offered
To God,
Psa 50:14;
to Christ,
1Ti 1:12;
through Christ,
Rom 1:8; Col 3:17; Hbr 13:15;
in the name of Christ,
Eph 5:20;
on behalf of God's servants,
2Cr 1:11;
in private worship,
Dan 6:10;
in public worship,
Psa 35:18;
in everything,
1Th 5:18;
upon the completion of great undertakings,
Neh 12:31, 40;
before receiving food,
Jhn 6:11; Act 27:35;
always,
Eph 1:16; 5:20; 1Th 1:2;
as the remembrance of God's holiness,
Psa 30:4; 97:12;
for the goodness and mercy of God,
Psa 106:1; 107:1; 136:1-3;
for the gift of Christ,
2Cr 9:15;
for Christ's power and reign,
Rev 11:17;
for the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others,
1Th 2:13;
for deliverance from indwelling sin, through Christ,
Rom 7:23-25;
for victory over death and the grave,
1Cr 15:57;
for wisdom and might,
Dan 2:23;
for the triumph of the gospel,
2Cr 2:14;
for the conversion of others,
Rom 6:17;
for faith exhibited by others,
Rom 1:8; 2Th 1:3;
for love exhibited by others,
2Th 1:3;
for the grace bestowed on others,
1Cr 1:4; Phl 1:3-5; Col 1:3-6;
for the zeal exhibited by others,
2Cr 8:16;
for the nearness of God's presence,
Psa 75:1;
for appointment to spiritual service,
1Ti 1:12;
for willingness to offer our property for God's service,
1Ch 29:6-14;
for the supply of our bodily needs,
Rom 14:6, 7; 1Ti 4:3, 4;
for all people,
1Ti 2:1;
for all things,
2Cr 9:11; Eph 5:20.
Thankfulness: Expressed in Psalms
1Ch 16:7
Thankfulness: Of Hypocrites
Full of boasting,
Luk 18:11.
Thankfulness: The Wicked Averse To
Rom 1:21
Thankfulness: Enjoined:
Gen 35:1; Exd 12:14, 17, 42; 13:3, 8-10, 14-16; 16:32; 34:26; Lev 19:24; 23:14; Deu 12:18; 16:9-15; 26:10; Jdg 5:11; Psa 48:11;
50:14, 15; 98:1; 105:1-45; 106:1; 107:1, 2, 15, 22, 42, 43; 118:1, 4; Pro 3:9, 10; Ecc 7:14; Isa 48:20; Joe 2:26; Rom 2:4; 15:27; Eph 5:4, 19, 20; Phl 4:6; Col 1:12; 2:7; 3:15-17; 4:2; 1Th 5:18; 1Ti 2:1; 4:3-5; Hbr 13:15; Jam
1:9
See JOY; PRAISE; PSALMS
Thankfulness: Exemplified:
Gen 32:10; 48:11, 15, 16; Exd 15:1-21; Num 21:17, 18; 1Ki 8:56; 1Ch 29:14; Ezr 7:27; Psa 9:1, 2, 4; 13:6; 22:23-25; 26:7; 28:7; 30:1, 3, 11, 12; 31:7, 21; 35:9, 10, 18; 40:2, 3, 5; 41:11, 12; 44:7, 8; 54:6, 7; 56:12, 13; 59:16, 17; 66:8, 9, 12-16, 20; 68:19; 71:15, 23, 24; 79:13; 89:1; 92:1, 2, 4; 98:1; 100:4; 102:18-20; 104:1; 116:12-14, 17; 119:65, 108; 136:1-26; Isa 63:7; Dan 2:23; 4:2, 34; 6:22; Act 2:46, 47; 28:15; Rom 14:6; Col 1:3; 1Ti 1:12
See JOY; PRAISE; PSALMS; WORSHIP
Thankfulness: Of Man to Man
The Israelites, to Joshua,
Jos 19:49, 50.
The spies, to Rahab,
Jos 6:22-25.
Saul, to the Kenites,
1Sa 15:6.
Naomi, to Boaz,
Rth 2:19, 20.
David, to the men of Jabesh-gilead,
2Sa 2:5-7;
to Hanun,
2Sa 10:2;
to Barzillai,
1Ki 2:7.
Paul, to Phoebe,
Rom 16:1-4;
to Onesiphorus,
2Ti 1:16-18.
The people of the island of Melita (Malta), to Paul,
Act 28:10.
Thankfulness: To God: Instances Of:
Of Eve,
Gen 4:1, 25.
Of Noah,
Gen 8:20.
Of Melchizedek,
Gen 14:20.
Of Lot,
Gen 19:19.
Of Sarah,
Gen 21:6, 7.
Of Abraham,
Gen 12:7; 13:4.
Of Abraham's servant (Eliezar),
Gen 24:27, 35.
Of Isaac,
Gen 26:22.
Of Leah,
Gen 29:32-35.
Of Rachel,
Gen 30:6.
Of Jacob,
Gen 31:42; 35:3, 7.
Of Joseph,
Gen 41:51, 52.
Of Moses,
Exd 15:1-19.
Of Miriam,
Exd 15:20-22.
Of Jethro,
Exd 18:10.
Of the people of Israel,
Exd 4:31; Num 21:17; 31:49-54; 1Ch 29:22.
Of Deborah,
Jdg 5.
Of Hannah,
1Sa 1:27, 28.
Of Samuel,
1Sa 7:12.
Of David,
2Sa 6:21.
See PSALMS, above.
Of the Queen of Sheba,
1Ki 10:9.
Of Hiram,
2Ch 2:12.
Of Jehoshaphat's army,
2Ch 20:27, 28.
Of the Levites,
Neh 9:4-38.
Of the Jews,
Neh 12:43.
Of the sailors,
Jon 1:16.
Of the shepherds,
Luk 2:20.
Those whom Jesus healed:
The man who was paralyzed,
Luk 5:25;
the demon-possessed man who was exorcized,
Luk 8:39;
the woman who was bent over for eighteen years,
Luk 13:13;
one of the ten lepers whom Jesus healed,
Luk 17:15, 16;
blind Bartimaeus,
Luk 18:43; Mar 10:46-52;
the Roman centurion for his boy,
Jhn 4:53.
The lame man healed by Peter,
Act 3:8.
Before receiving food, by Jesus,
Mat 14:19; Mar 8:6, 7.
Paul,
Act 27:35.
See PRAISE; PRAYER BEFORE TAKING FOOD