Isaiah 45:9
"Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?"
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- Isaiah 64:8
"But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand."
Read in chapter → - Romans 9:20
"Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 10:15
"Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 29:16
"Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 18:6
"O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 21:30
"There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 2:2
"The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,"
Read in chapter → - Job 40:8
"Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?"
Read in chapter → - Job 15:24
"Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 9:16
"And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth."
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