But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, "Why did You make me like this?" Cross References 2 Samuel 16:10 But the king replied, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, 'Curse David,' who can ask, 'Why did you do this?'" Job 9:32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court. Job 33:13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks? Isaiah 10:15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! Isaiah 29:16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, "He did not make me"? Can the pottery say of the potter, "He has no understanding"? Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker--one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'He has no hands'? Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Jeremiah 18:6 "O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'" Luke 12:14 But Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?" Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Romans 2:3 So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? Romans 9:21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? Romans 9:22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction? Romans 14:4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 2 Timothy 2:20 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. James 2:20 O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? Treasury of Scripture No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus? O man. Romans 2:1 Micah 6:8 1 Corinthians 7:16 who art. Job 33:13 Job 36:23 Job 38:2,3 repliest. Job 16:3 Titus 2:9 or, disputes with God? 1 Corinthians 1:20 1 Timothy 6:5 Shall. Isaiah 29:16 Isaiah 45:9-11 |
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