A. We are admonished to praise the Lord:

PSA 107:8. Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

PSA 18:3. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

PSA 22:3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

PSA 66:8. O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

PSA 67:3. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

PSA 100:4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

PSA 103:1. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

PSA 113:1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

PSA 117:1. O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

PSA 147:1. Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

PSA 150:6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD

HEB 13:15. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

1PE 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

PSA 50:23. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

PSA 148:1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.

PSA 148:2. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

PSA 148:3. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

PSA 148:4. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

PSA 148:5. Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

PSA 148:6. He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

PSA 148:7. Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

PSA 148:8. Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

PSA 148:9. Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

PSA 148:10. Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

PSA 148:11. Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

PSA 148:12. Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

PSA 148:13. Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

PSA 148:14. He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

PSA 150:1. Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

PSA 150:2. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

PSA 150:3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

PSA 150:4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

PSA 150:5. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

PSA 150:6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD

B. Praise the Lord in song:

PSA 30:4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

PSA 69:30. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

PSA 92:1. A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

PSA 98:1. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

PSA 147:1. Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

PSA 147:7. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

EPH 5:19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

COL 3:16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

C. Praise the Lord happily:

PSA 5:11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

PSA 95:2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

ISA 51:3. For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

JER 30:19. And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

PSA 100:1. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.