Top 10 Bible Verses About Thanksgiving

וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר הַפַּעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת־יְהֹוָה עַל־כֵּן קָרְאָה שְׁמוֹ יְהוּדָה וַתַּעֲמֹד מִלֶּדֶת׃

va-ta-HAR od va-TE-led ben va-TO-mer ha-PA-am o-DEH et a-do-NAI al-KEN ka-RE-a SHE-mo ye-HU-da va-ta-a-MOD mi-LE-det

She conceived again and bore a son, and declared, “This time I will praise Hashem.” Therefore she named him Yehuda. Then she stopped bearing.

וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ וּבֵרַכְתָּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַטֹּבָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לָךְ׃

v’-a-KHAL-ta v’-sa-VA-ta u-ve-RAKH-ta et a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-kha al ha-A-retz ha-TO-va a-SHER na-TAN-la-KH

When you have eaten your fill, give thanks to Hashem your God for the good land which He has given you.

מַשָּׂא מִדְבַּר־יָם כְּסוּפוֹת בַּנֶּגֶב לַחֲלֹף מִמִּדְבָּר בָּא מֵאֶרֶץ נוֹרָאָה׃

ma-SA mid-BAR-yam ke-SU-fot ba-NE-gev la-cha-LOF mi-miD-BAR BA me-E-retz no-RA-a

The “Desert of the Sea” Pronouncement. Like the gales That race through the Negev, It comes from the desert, The terrible land.

חַי חַי הוּא יוֹדֶךָ כָּמוֹנִי הַיּוֹם אָב לְבָנִים יוֹדִיעַ אֶל־אֲמִתֶּךָ׃

KHAI KHAI HU yo-DE-kha ka-MO-nee ha-YOM av l’-ba-NEEM yo-DEE-a EL a-mi-TE-kha

The living, only the living Can give thanks to You As I do this day; Fathers relate to children Your acts of grace:

כִּי־נִחַם יְהֹוָה צִיּוֹן נִחַם כָּל־חָרְבֹתֶיהָ וַיָּשֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ כְּעֵדֶן וְעַרְבָתָהּ כְּגַן־יְהֹוָה שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה יִמָּצֵא בָהּ תּוֹדָה וְקוֹל זִמְרָה׃

kee ni-KHAM a-do-NAI tzi-YON ni-KHAM kol kho-r’-vo-TE-ha va-YA-sem mid-ba-RAH k’-AY-den v’-ar-va-TAH k’-gan a-do-NAI sa-SON v’-sim-KHA yi-ma-TZAY VAH to-DA v’-KOL zim-RAH

Truly Hashem has comforted Tzion, Comforted all her ruins; He has made her wilderness like Eden, Her desert like the Garden of Hashem. Gladness and joy shall abide there, Thanksgiving and the sound of music.

וְיָצָא מֵהֶם תּוֹדָה וְקוֹל מְשַׂחֲקִים וְהִרְבִּתִים וְלֹא יִמְעָטוּ וְהִכְבַּדְתִּים וְלֹא יִצְעָרוּ׃

v’-ya-TZA may-HEM to-DAH v’-KOL m’-sa-KHA-KEEM v’-hir-BEE-TEEM v’-LO yim-A-tu v’-hikh-bad-TEEM v’-LO yitz-a-ru

From them shall issue thanksgiving And the sound of dancers. I will multiply them, And they shall not be few; I will make them honored, And they shall not be humbled.

קוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְקוֹל שִׂמְחָה קוֹל חָתָן וְקוֹל כַּלָּה קוֹל אֹמְרִים הוֹדוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת כִּי־טוֹב יְהֹוָה כִּי־לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ מְבִאִים תּוֹדָה בֵּית יְהֹוָה כִּי־אָשִׁיב אֶת־שְׁבוּת־הָאָרֶץ כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה אָמַר יְהֹוָה׃

KOL sa-SON v’-KOL sim-KHAH KOL kha-TAN v’-KOL ka-LAH KOL o-m’-REEM ho-DU et a-do-NAI tz’-va-OT kee TOV a-do-NAI kee l’-o-LAM khas-DO m’-vee-EEM to-DAH BAYT a-do-NAI kee a-SHEEV et sh’-vut ha-A-retz k’-va-ree-sho-NAH a-MAR a-do-NAI

the sound of mirth and gladness, the voice of bridegroom and bride, the voice of those who cry, “Give thanks to the lord of Hosts, for Hashem is good, for His kindness is everlasting!” as they bring thanksgiving offerings to the House of Hashem. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as of old—said Hashem.

אֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּי וַאֲסֹבְבָה אֶת־מִזְבַּחֲךָ יְהֹוָה׃

er-KHATZ b’-ni-KA-yon ka-PAI va-a-sov-VAH et-miz-ba-KHA-kha a-do-NAI

I wash my hands in innocence, and walk around Your mizbayach, Hashem,

וַאֲנִי בְּקוֹל תּוֹדָה אֶזְבְּחָה־לָּךְ אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתִּי אֲשַׁלֵּמָה יְשׁוּעָתָה לַיהֹוָה׃

va-a-NEE b’-KOL to-DAH ez-b’-KHA-lakh, a-SHER na-DAR-tee a-sha-LE-mah, ye-shu-AH-tah la-a-do-NAI. {P}

But I, with loud thanksgiving, Will sacrifice to You; What I have vowed I will perform. Deliverance is Hashem‘s!

לָךְ אֱלָהּ אֲבָהָתִי מְהוֹדֵא וּמְשַׁבַּח אֲנָה דִּי חָכְמְתָא וּגְבוּרְתָא יְהַבְתְּ לִי וּכְעַן הוֹדַעְתַּנִי דִּי־בְעֵינָא מִנָּךְ דִּי־מִלַּת מַלְכָּא הוֹדַעְתֶּנָא׃

lakh e-la a-va-HA-tee me-HO-de u-m’-sha-BACH a-NAH, dee khokh-m’-TA u-g’-vu-r’-TA y’-ha-v’-TE li, u-k’-AN ho-DA-a-TA-nee, dee b’-ay-NA mi-NAKH, dee mil-lat mal-KA ho-DA-a-TE-na

I acknowledge and praise You, O God of my fathers, You who have given me wisdom and power, For now You have let me know what we asked of You; You have let us know what concerns the king.”

סַפְּרוּ בַגּוֹיִם אֶת־כְּבוֹדוֹ בְּכָל־הָעַמִּים נִפְלְאֹתָיו׃

sa-PE-ru va-go-YIM et k’-vo-DO b’-kol ha-a-MEEM nif-le-o-TAV

Tell of His glory among the nations, His wondrous deeds among all peoples.