Romans 9:20

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But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?'

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  • Isa 29:16 : 16 You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, 'You did not make me'? Can the pot say to the potter, 'You know nothing'?
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker, like a piece of pottery among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’? 10 Woe to those who say to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’ 11 This is what the LORD, the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, says: ‘Concerning things to come, ask me, and concerning my children and the work of my hands, you command me?’
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.
  • Job 36:23 : 23 Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?
  • Job 38:2-3 : 2 Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge? 3 Prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Will your words of wind never end? Or what provokes you to answer?
  • Job 42:2-6 : 2 I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. 4 You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.' 5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. 6 Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 These lead to constant friction among people who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means to profit. Stay away from such people.
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative.
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?
  • Job 40:5 : 5 I have spoken once, but I will not answer; twice, but I will say no more.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 'Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.
  • 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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  • Rom 9:14-19
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    84%

    14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

    15For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.'

    16So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort but on God’s mercy.

    17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, so that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.'

    18So then, he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

    19You will say to me then, 'Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?'

  • Rom 9:21-22
    2 verses
    84%

    21Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

    22What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

  • Isa 45:9-10
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    9Woe to those who strive with their Maker, like a piece of pottery among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?

    10Woe to those who say to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’

  • Isa 29:16
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    16You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, 'You did not make me'? Can the pot say to the potter, 'You know nothing'?

  • Job 10:8-9
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    8Your hands shaped me and made me, yet now You destroy me completely.

    9Remember, You fashioned me from clay; will You now return me to dust?

  • Job 4:17
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    17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Can people make their own gods? Such gods are not gods at all!

  • Jer 18:4-6
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    4But the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, so he remade it into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

    5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

    6“Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

  • Job 40:2
    72%

    2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

  • Job 33:5-6
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    72%

    5If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

    6Look, I am like you before God; I too was formed from clay.

  • Isa 40:18
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    18To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?

  • Job 31:14-15
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    14what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when He calls me to account?

    15Did not the same One who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same God form us both within our mothers?

  • Job 40:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

    9Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like His?

  • Job 36:23
    71%

    23Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • Job 33:13
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    13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

  • Acts 7:50
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    50Did not my hand make all these things?

  • Ezek 28:9
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    9Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? Yet you are a man and not a god in the hands of those who wound you.

  • Isa 44:10
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    10Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?

  • Job 7:17
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    17What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

  • Job 9:32
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    32For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

  • Isa 64:8
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    8Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people.

  • Job 9:4
    69%

    4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?

  • Job 38:3-4
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    69%

    3Prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

    4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

  • Rom 2:3
    69%

    3Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Job 10:2-4
    3 verses
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    2I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

    3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

    4Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as a mortal sees?

  • Job 9:14
    68%

    14How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

  • Job 14:3
    68%

    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Job 9:12
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    12If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?

  • Lam 3:39
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    39Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

  • Job 26:4
    68%

    4To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?

  • Exod 4:11
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    11The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

  • Job 21:31
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    31Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • Isa 46:5
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    5To whom will you compare Me or make Me equal? Who will you liken Me to, that we may be alike?