Romans 1:28

Easy To Read Version

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. The Lord saw that people thought only about evil things all the time.

2 Samuel 22:27

Lord, you are good and pure to people who are good and pure. But, you can outsmart the smartest, sneakiest crook.

Psalm 69:27

Punish them for the bad things they did.\par Don’t show them how good you can be.\par

Proverbs 1:22

“You are foolish people. How long will you continue doing foolish things? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you continue to hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:29

I will not help because you never wanted my knowledge. You refused to fear and respect the Lord.

Proverbs 1:7

The first thing a person must learn is to respect and obey the Lord—that leads to true wisdom. But evil people hate discipline and true wisdom.

Proverbs 17:16

If a foolish person has money, it is wasted. Why? Because that foolish person does not use the money to become wise.

Jeremiah 4:22

\{God said,\} “My people are foolish.\par They don’t know me.\par They are stupid children.\par They don’t understand.\par They are skillful at doing evil,\par but they don’t know how to do good.”\par

Jeremiah 6:30

My people will be called, ‘Rejected Silver.’\par They will be given that name\par because the Lord did not accept them.”\par

Jeremiah 9:6

One bad thing followed another.\par And lies followed lies.\par The people refused to know me.”\par The Lord said those things.\par

Ezekiel 14:5

Why? Because I want to touch their heart. I want to show them I love them, even though they left me for their filthy idols.’

Ezekiel 20:25

So I gave them laws that were not good. I gave them commands that would not bring life.

Hosea 4:6

“My people are destroyed because they have no knowledge. You have refused to learn. So I will refuse to let you be a priest for me. You have forgotten the law of your God, so I will forget your children.

Acts 17:23

I was going through your city and I saw the things you worship. I found an altar that had these words written on it: ‘TO the god who is not known.’ You worship a god that you don’t know. This is the God I am telling you about!

Acts 17:32

When the people heard about \{Jesus\} being raised from death, some of them laughed. The people said, “We will hear more about this from you later.”

Romans 1:18

God shows his anger from heaven against all the evil and wrong things that people do. They have the truth, but by their evil lives they hide it.

Romans 1:21

People knew God. But they did not give glory to God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.

Romans 1:24

People were full of sin, wanting only to do evil things. So God left them and let them go their sinful way. And so they became full of sexual sins, using their bodies wrongly with each other.

Romans 1:26

Because people did those things, God left them and let them do the shameful things they wanted to do. Women stopped having natural sex with men. They started having sex with other women.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know God. I say this to shame you.

2 Corinthians 10:5

And we destroy every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. And we capture (catch) every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.

Ephesians 5:4

Also, there must be no evil talk among you. You must not speak foolishly or tell evil jokes. These things are not right for you. But you should be giving thanks to God.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

He will come from heaven with burning fire to punish those people who don’t know God. He will punish those people who refuse to accept the Good News {\cf2\super [1]} about our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 3:8

Remember Jannes and Jambres. {\cf2\super [17]} They were against Moses. {\cf2\super [18]} It is the same with these people. They are against the truth. They are people whose thinking has been confused. They have failed in trying to follow the faith.

Titus 1:16

Those people say they know God. But the evil things those people do show that they don’t accept God. They are disgusting people. They refuse to obey and are useless for doing anything good.

2 Peter 3:5

But those people don’t want to remember what happened long ago. The skies were there, and God made the earth from water and with water. All this happened by God’s word.