Romans 1:21
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21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they (A)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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Ephesians 4:17-18
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17 Now this I say and (A)testify in the Lord, (B)that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, (C)in the futility of their minds. 18 They (D)are darkened in their understanding, (E)alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to (F)their hardness of heart.
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Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
(B)and went after (C)worthlessness, and became worthless?
Psalm 50:23
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23 The one who (A)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who (B)orders his way rightly
I will show the (C)salvation of God!”
2 Kings 17:15
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15 They despised his statutes (A)and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after (B)false idols (C)and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the (D)Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them.
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Revelation 14:7
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7 And he said with a loud voice, (A)“Fear God and (B)give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and (C)worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the (D)springs of water.”
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Revelation 15:4
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4 (A)Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are (B)holy.
(C)All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Psalm 81:12
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John 3:19
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19 (A)And this is the judgment: (B)the light has come into the world, and (C)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (D)their works were evil.
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Romans 11:10
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10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever.”
Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.
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Romans 1:19
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19 For what can be (A)known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
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Luke 17:15-18
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15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, (A)praising God with a loud voice; 16 and (B)he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was (C)a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not (D)ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and (E)give praise to God except this (F)foreigner?”
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Habakkuk 1:15-16
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15 (A)He[a] brings all of them up (B)with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
16 (C)Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,[b]
and his food is rich.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:15 That is, the wicked foe
- Habakkuk 1:16 Hebrew his portion is fat
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
(B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
(D)worthless things in which there is no profit.
Romans 15:9
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9 and in order (A)that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
(B)“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
and sing to your name.”
Jeremiah 10:3-8
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3 (A)for the customs of the peoples are vanity.[a]
(B)A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 (C)They decorate it with silver and gold;
(D)they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5 Their idols[b] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and (E)they cannot speak;
(F)they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
(G)for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
6 (H)There is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 (I)Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
8 (J)They are both (K)stupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:3 Or vapor, or mist
- Jeremiah 10:5 Hebrew They
Isaiah 60:2
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2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
Psalm 86:9
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9 (A)All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
1 Peter 1:18
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18 knowing that you (A)were ransomed from (B)the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
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Jeremiah 10:14-15
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14 (A)Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
(B)every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
(C)and there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
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