Romans 1:21

Modern King James Version

Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.

1 Kings 20:23

And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills. On account of this they were stronger than we were. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

2 Kings 17:15

And they rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He testified against them. And they went after the vain thing, and became vain, and after the nations around them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them not to do like them.

Psalm 50:23

Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and he who sets a way, I will show him the salvation of God.

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their own hearts; and they walked in their own conceits.

Psalm 86:9

All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.

Isaiah 60:2

For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah shall rise on you, and His glory shall be seen on you.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations shall come to You from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and there is no profit in them.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

Jeremiah 2:5

So says Jehovah, What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

Jeremiah 9:14

but they have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.

Ezekiel 14:5

so that I may capture the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are estranged from Me by their idols, all of them.

Ezekiel 20:25

Also I gave them statutes not good, and judgments by which they should not live.

Hosea 2:8

For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

John 3:19

And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.

Acts 26:18

in order to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, so that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.

Romans 1:19

because the thing which may be known of God is clearly revealed within them, for God revealed it to them.

Romans 1:28

And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right,

Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and their back always bowing."

Romans 15:9

and that the nations might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written, "For this cause I will confess to You in the nations, and I will praise Your name."

Deuteronomy 28:29

And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. And you shall always be pressed down and spoiled forever, and no man shall save you.

2 Timothy 3:2

For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

1 Peter 1:18

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Revelation 14:7

saying with a great voice, Fear God and give glory to Him! For the hour of His judgment has come. And worship Him who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Revelation 15:4

Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You only are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your righteousnesses were made known.