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Bible verses about worship
Passages on praising God, singing, prayer, corporate worship, and the spirit in which true worship is to be offered.
What does the Bible say about worship?
Worship in the Bible is not limited to singing. It includes prayer, sacrifice, obedience, giving, and the posture of the heart before God. The Psalms are Israel's hymn book. Jesus said true worshippers worship in spirit and in truth.
These verses cover what worship is, how it should be offered, and why it matters. They are useful for personal devotion, corporate worship, and understanding the biblical vision of a life oriented toward God.
Key passages
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
God is a spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. This verse speaks in the wider setting of incarnation and life as John unfolds its message.
"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name."
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. This verse speaks in the wider setting of prayer and praise as Psalms unfolds its message.
"Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. This verse speaks in the wider setting of prayer and praise as Psalms unfolds its message.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God. The apostle having closed the part of his epistle wherein he argues and proves various doctrines which are practically applied, here urges important duties from gospel principles.
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."
Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. There were cases wherein Christians might eat what had been offered to idols, without sin. Such as when the flesh was sold in the market as common food, for the priest to whom it had been given.
"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker."
O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord. Whenever we come into God's presence, we must come with thanksgiving. The Lord is to be praised; we do not want matter, it were well if we did not want a heart.
Main takeaways
- True worship is a matter of spirit and truth, not just form.
- The Bible calls all of life a potential act of worship.
- Praise is closely tied to remembering what God has done.
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