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Psalm 97:12

Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.

10You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
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Gladness in YHWH and thanks to his holy Name belong together here, making God's holiness a reason for joy among his righteous people.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 30:4Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.Both verses address God's people and join praise or gladness with thanks to his holy name.
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”Both verses direct gladness toward the Lord; Philippians repeats the command to rejoice and adds that it is for always.
Psalm 32:11–33:1Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!Both address the righteous with the same command to be glad in the LORD.
Habakkuk 3:18yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!Habakkuk declares his own joy in the LORD, while Psalm 97:12 directs righteous people to that same gladness.
Psalm 70:4Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”Both passages locate gladness in God and pair that joy with words that honor him.
Hebrews 12:10For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.God's holiness is the shared thread: the psalm directs thanks to his holy Name, while Hebrews describes sharing in his holiness.
Zephaniah 3:14–17Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.Both passages address God's people with commands to be glad, with Zephaniah naming Zion, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Habakkuk 3:17–18For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from …The link is a contrast: Habakkuk names failed harvests, while Psalm 97:12 directs gladness and thanks toward the LORD.
Revelation 19:6I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the …Both passages express praise directed to the Lord, with Revelation recording a great multitude celebrating God's reign.
Habakkuk 1:12–13Aren’t you from everlasting, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.Both name the LORD as holy: the psalm commands thanks, while Habakkuk addresses his Holy One amid questions about judgment.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. praise and worship.

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Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray one sentence of thanks for God's holiness before breakfast

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Encouragement

Your thanks have a clear address: YHWH and his holy Name. The gladness named here is rooted in who he is.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).