What the Bible says about praise and worship

The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isa 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Ps 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

John 4:24God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

Ps 150:2Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.

John 4:23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

Ps 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Ps 99:3Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!

Ps 71:8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.

Ps 109:30With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain