Romans 1:21

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.

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?

Ephesians 4:17-18

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should not walk from now on as other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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.

Romans 1:19

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

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.

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.

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.

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 44:9-20

Those who make a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things in which they delight shall not help; and they are their own witnesses. They do not see nor know, that they may be ashamed.

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 10:3-8

For the customs of the people are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest with the axe, the work of the hands of the workman.

Jeremiah 10:14-15

Every man is stupid for lack of knowledge; every refiner is put to shame by the graven image; for his molten image is a lie, and no breath is in them.

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.

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.

Habakkuk 1:15-16

He takes up all of them with the hook; he drags him with his net and gathers him with his seine; therefore he rejoices and exults.

Luke 17:15-18

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back and glorified God with a loud voice.

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.

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."

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 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.

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

When

Romans 1:19
because the thing which may be known of God is clearly revealed within them, for God revealed it to them.
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.

They glorified

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."
Psalm 50:23
Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and he who sets a way, I will show him the salvation of God.
Psalm 86:9
All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name.
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.
Habakkuk 1:15
He takes up all of them with the hook; he drags him with his net and gathers him with his seine; therefore he rejoices and exults.
Luke 17:15
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back and glorified God with a loud voice.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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.

But became

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.
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 81:12
So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their own hearts; and they walked in their own conceits.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
Isaiah 44:9
Those who make a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things in which they delight shall not help; and they are their own witnesses. They do not see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
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 10:3
For the customs of the people are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest with the axe, the work of the hands of the workman.
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.
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should not walk from now on as other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,
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,

Their foolish

Romans 11:10
Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and their back always bowing."
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.
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.
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.
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;

General references

Psalm 94:11
Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain.
Isaiah 40:21
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Jeremiah 33:18
nor shall the priests the Levites lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle grain offerings, and to do sacrifice forever.
James 4:17
Therefore to him who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.