Romans 1:21
Because, knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
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In The King James Version
In Context
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Deuteronomy 28:29and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
Psalms 50:23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me,and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."
Psalms 86:9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord.They shall glorify your name.
Isaiah 44:9Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain.The things that they delight in will not profit.Their own witnesses do not see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
Jeremiah 2:5Thus says the Lord, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Matthew Henry on Romans 1:20-32
The Excellency of the Gospel. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22… Read the whole commentary →