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.
When
They glorified
But became
Their foolish
General references
Bible References
When
Romans 1:19
because what can be known of God is clear to their inner moral sense; for in this way God Himself has shown it to them.
John 3:19
And the ground for the sentence is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were evil, men have loved darkness more than the light.
They glorified
Romans 15:9
and for the heathen peoples to praise God for His mercy, as the Scripture says: "For this I will give thanks to you among the heathen, and will sing praises to your name."
Luke 17:15
But one of them, when he saw that he was cured, came back, praising God with a loud voice,
2 Timothy 3:2
For people will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreverent,
Revelation 14:7
He cried in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship Him who made heaven and earth and sea and the springs of water."
Revelation 15:4
Who will not fear and glorify your name, O Lord? For you alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship you, because the justice of your sentences has now been shown."
But became
Ephesians 4:17
So I mean this and now testify to it in the name of the Lord: You must now stop living as the heathen usually do, in the frivolity of their minds,
1 Peter 1:18
because you know that you have not been ransomed with things that perish as silver or gold, from the futile way of living taught by your fathers,
Their foolish
Romans 11:10
Let their eyes be darkened, so they cannot see, and forever bend their backs beneath the load."
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's power to God, so as to have their sins forgiven and have a possession among those that are consecrated by faith in me.'
1 Peter 2:9
But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.
General references
James 4:17
So when a man knows what is right but does not do it, he is guilty of sin.