Isaiah 29:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

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  • Rom 9:19-21 : 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus? 21 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
  • Ps 94:8-9 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 10 Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou? 11 Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
  • Jer 18:1-9 : 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels. 4 And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5 Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel. 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; 8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
  • Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
  • Isa 24:1 : 1 Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    81%

    9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

    10Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?

    11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

  • Jer 18:2-6
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    79%

    2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

    3Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

    4And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

    5Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

    6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

  • Rom 9:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

    21Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

  • Isa 64:8
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    8But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

  • Isa 29:17
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    17Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

  • Job 38:14
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    14It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:

  • Isa 44:9-11
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    9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

    10Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

    11Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.

  • Isa 29:14-15
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    73%

    14therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

    15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

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    50Did not my hand make all these things?

  • Job 10:8-9
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    8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

    9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

  • Jer 33:2
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    2Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:

  • Isa 41:24
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    24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

  • Isa 40:18-19
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    18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

    19The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains.

  • Isa 30:14
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    14And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

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    25that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

  • Isa 40:21
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    21Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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    16Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

  • Eccl 7:13
    70%

    13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

  • Isa 14:16
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    16They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, [saying], Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

  • 2 Kgs 19:25
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  • Jer 51:17
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    17Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Jer 10:14
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    14Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Isa 37:26
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    26Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

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    15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him that is] not wood.

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    18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.

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  • Hab 2:18
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    18What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

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    15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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    18They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

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    27For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?