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Bible Verses About Saying Amen In Worship

Early Christians said Amen out loud in worship as a shared response after prayer and thanksgiving. Justin Martyr clearly says the people answered "Amen" when prayers ended, and the Apostolic Constitutions and early liturgies repeat that pattern in church prayer. The Bible passages most tied to this practice are 1 Corinthians 14:16, where a person in the church says Amen to thanksgiving, and texts like Nehemiah 8:6 and Revelation 7:12 that show public Amen in worship.

The evidence is broad and early for the practice itself, while exact wording about how often or in what form it was used can vary by author and liturgy.

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25 references

Foundation Texts

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Strong praise text with Amen.

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

Another worship scene with Amen.

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

Strong worship use of Amen in heaven.

Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

Direct Bible passage about saying Amen to thanksgiving in church.

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Public worship response with hands lifted.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

Congregation answers Amen after blessing.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

Explicit command for all the people to say Amen.

Supporting Passages

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

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Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

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And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Congregational prayer scene that supports the worship pattern, though it does not say Amen.

And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

General temple praise with Amen, but not as direct as the main worship-response texts.

Grace be with you all. Amen.

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I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

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And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

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Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

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For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Explains the theological meaning of Amen through Christ.

And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Blessing psalm ending with Amen and Amen.

Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Blessing psalm with Amen and Amen.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

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Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

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Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Doxology ending with Amen in the church.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

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