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THANKFULNESS

(See also BLESS, BLESSING; PRAISE)

to God:

those who express thankfulness

♦ offerers of certain OT sacrifices

• Leviticus 7:12-15; 22:29; 2 Chronicles 29:31

♦ Levitical choirs

• 1 Chronicles 16:4

♦ David

• 1 Chronicles 29:13; Psalms 26:7; 56:12

♦ the assembly of Israel

• 2 Chronicles 29:31

♦ the kings of the earth

• Psalms 138:4

♦ the righteous

• Psalms 140:13

♦ God's works

• Psalms 145:10

♦ the living

• Isaiah 38:19

♦ Daniel

• Daniel 6:10

♦ Jesus

• Matthew 15:36; 26:27

♦ Anna

• Luke 2:36-38

♦ Paul

• Romans 16:3-4

♦ believers in a church meeting

• 1 Corinthians 14:16-17

♦ the living creatures in heaven

• Revelation 4:9; 7:12

reasons for thankfulness

♦ for national salvation

• 1 Chronicles 16:35

♦ for God's everlasting lovingkindness

• 2 Chronicles 20:21

♦ for God's deliverance

• Psalms 56:12-13

♦ for God's wonders

• Psalms 107:8

♦ for God's goodness

• Psalms 118:1

♦ for answered prayer

• Psalms 118:21; John 11:41; 2 Corinthians 1:11

♦ for God's truth

• Psalms 138:2

♦ for food

• Matthew 15:36; Acts 27:35; 1 Corinthians 10:30

♦ for the bread and cup representing Christ's body and blood

• Matthew 26:27; 1 Corinthians 11:23-24

♦ for healing

• Luke 17:15-16

♦ for other believers

• Acts 28:15; Romans 1:8; Philippians 1:3

♦ for obedience of believers to Christian teaching

• Romans 6:17

♦ for victory over sin through Christ

• 1 Corinthians 15:57

♦ for eating or not eating

• Romans 14:6

♦ for fellow workers in Christ

• Romans 16:3-4

♦ for divine grace given to believers

• 1 Corinthians 1:4

♦ for victory over death

• 1 Corinthians 15:57 (cf. vv. 54-56)

♦ for victory in Christian living

• 2 Corinthians 2:14

♦ for the spreading of God's grace

• 2 Corinthians 4:15

♦ for earnestness in Christian servants

• 2 Corinthians 8:16

♦ for God's indescribable gift

• 2 Corinthians 9:15

♦ for all things

• Ephesians 5:20

♦ for receptivity of God's message as His word

• I Thessalonians 2:13

♦ for all men

• 1 Timothy 2:1

♦ for God's reign

• Revelation 11:17

things associated with thankfulness

♦ certain OT sacrifices

• Leviticus 7:12-15

♦ praise

• 1 Chronicles 25:3; Ezra 3:11; Daniel 2:23; Ephesians 5:19-20; Hebrews 13:15

♦ prayer

• Nehemiah 11:17; Psalms 105:1; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2; 1 Timothy 2:1

♦ singing

• Nehemiah 12:8, 27; Psalms 28:7; Colossians 3:16

♦ musical instruments

• Psalms 33:2

♦ joy

• Psalms 42:4

♦ sacrifice from the lips

• Psalms 50:14, 23; Jonah 2:9; Hebrews 13:15

♦ approaching God

• Psalms 95:2

♦ blessing the Lord

• Psalms 100:4

♦ remembrance of Christ

• 1 Corinthians 11:24-25

♦ entreaty to express thankfulness to God

• Psalms 107:1; Isaiah 12:4; Jeremiah 33:11; Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:15; I Thessalonians 5:18

method of thankfulness

♦ with the whole heart

• Psalms 9:1

♦ through Christ

• Colossians 3:17; Hebrews 13:15

♦ with the lips

• Hebrews 13:15

♦ restoration of thankfulness in Israel

• Jeremiah 30:18-19; 33:10-11

♦ hypocritical attitude in thankfulness

• Amos 4:4-5; Luke 18:11

results of thankfulness

♦ honors God

• Psalms 50:23

♦ magnifies God

• Psalms 69:30

♦ accords with God's will

• I Thessalonians 5:18

♦ offers spiritual sacrifice to God

• Hebrews 13:15

to Christ:

♦ by a leper He had healed:

• Luke 17:15-16

♦ by Paul for appointment to service:

• 1 Timothy 1:12

to man:

♦ by the poor for a provider of needs:

• Job 31:20

♦ by Paul for Felix's benefits to the Jewish nation:

• Acts 24:1-3

failure in (i.e., unthankfulness):

♦ to God:

• Isaiah 38:18; Romans 1:21

♦ to Christ:

• Luke 17:12-18

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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