What Does the Bible Say About Giving Thanks For Others?

Ephesians 1:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes

I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

Philippians 1:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

1 Thessalonians 1:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers,

Philemon 1:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Pray without ceasing,

2 Kings 6:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

1 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

John 14:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

Luke 8:45 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!”

Luke 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

Matthew 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Psalm 136:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever; ...

Psalm 107:1-43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. ...

1 Samuel 12:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Philippians 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Romans 8:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 3:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

Luke 17:1-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ...

Luke 8:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.”

Luke 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 14:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

2 Kings 6:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

34 Bible Verses about Giving Thanks For Others

Ephesians 1:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Philippians 1:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 1:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Philemon 1:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Kings 6:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 8:45 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 136:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 107:1-43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 12:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 17:1-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 8:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Matthew 26:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Giving Thanks For Others

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Ephesians 1:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Philippians 1:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 1:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Philemon 1:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Kings 6:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 8:45 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 136:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 107:1-43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 12:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 17:1-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 8:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 14:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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