The best Bible verses for gratitude (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for gratitude (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,"1 Timothy 2:1
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,"1 Timothy 2:1
"who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth."1 Timothy 4:3
"For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,"1 Timothy 4:4
"For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God."2 Corinthians 4:15
"You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God."2 Corinthians 9:11
"Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving."Ephesians 5:4
"Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small."Jeremiah 30:19
"These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival."Psalms 42:4
"Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!"Psalms 95:2
"give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."1 Thessalonians 5:18
"You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many."2 Corinthians 1:11
"And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted."Isaiah 12:4
"I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High."Psalms 7:17
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for gratitude (ESV) are 1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 4:3, 1 Timothy 4:4. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to gratitude (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for gratitude (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.