Scriptures on Gratitude

In a personal effort to develop more gratitude, I devoted some personal gospel study time to finding meaningful scriptures that express the need to be grateful. Here are a few taglines from some of my favorites. References are included so you can look up the full scriptures and surrounding contexts.

New Testament Scriptures on Gratitude

Matt. 15:36

The Lord gave thanks to God before feeding more than four thousand people with seven loaves and a few small fishes.

Matt. 26:27-28

And before his crucifixion, Jesus took the cup at the Last Supper and again gave thanks to his Father.

Luke 17:17

"But where are the nine?"

John 11:41

"lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me".

Old Testament Scriptures on Gratitude

Psalms 100:3-4

"Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name."

Psalms 136:1

"O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."

Book of Mormon Scriptures on Gratitude

Mosiah 2:19-21

"O how you ought to thank your heavenly King! I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another- I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another-I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants."

Alma 37:37

"Let thy heart be full of thanks unto God".

Doctrine and Covenants Scriptures on Gratitude

D&C 59:7

"thank the Lord thy God in all things"

D&C 59:21

"In nothing doth man offend God ... save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments".

D&C 78:19

"who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious"

Source: "The Scriptures." LDS.org.