Romans 9:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?

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  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 Then the Lord said vnto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel.
  • 2 Tim 2:20-21 : 20 Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of gold & of siluer, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honour, and some vnto dishonour. 21 If any man therefore purge him selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, sanctified, and meete for the Lord, and prepared vnto euery good worke.
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euill.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For yer the children were borne, and when they had neither done good, nor euill (that the purpose of God might remaine according to election, not by workes, but by him that calleth)
  • Rom 9:18 : 18 Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.
  • Rom 9:22-23 : 22 What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction? 23 And that hee might declare the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy, which hee hath prepared vnto glory?
  • Jer 18:3-6 : 3 Then I went downe to the potters house, & behold, he wrought a worke on the wheeles. 4 And the vessell that he made of clay, was broken in the hand of the potter. so he returned, and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5 Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 6 O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, sayth the Lord? beholde, as the clay is in the potters hande, so are you in mine hande, O house of Israel.
  • Jer 22:28 : 28 Is not this man Coniah as a despised and broken idole? or as a vessell, wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they caryed away, hee and his seede, and cast out into a lande that they knowe not?
  • Hos 8:8 : 8 Israel is deuoured, now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessell wherein is no pleasure.

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    14 What shall wee say then? Is there vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.

    15 For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.

    16 So then it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that sheweth mercy.

    17 For the Scripture saith vnto Pharao, For this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, that I might shewe my power in thee, and that my Name might be declared throughout al the earth.

    18 Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.

    19 Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will?

    20 But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

  • Jer 18:2-7
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    2 Arise, and go downe into the potters house, and there shall I shewe thee my words.

    3 Then I went downe to the potters house, & behold, he wrought a worke on the wheeles.

    4 And the vessell that he made of clay, was broken in the hand of the potter. so he returned, and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

    5 Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

    6 O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, sayth the Lord? beholde, as the clay is in the potters hande, so are you in mine hande, O house of Israel.

    7 I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy it.

  • Rom 9:22-23
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    22 What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction?

    23 And that hee might declare the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy, which hee hath prepared vnto glory?

  • Isa 29:16
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    16 Your turning of deuises shal it not be esteemed as the potters clay? for shall the worke say of him that made it, Hee made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?

  • Isa 45:9-10
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    9 Woe be vnto him that striueth with his maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth: shall the clay say to him that facioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, It hath none hands?

    10 Woe vnto him that sayeth to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought foorth?

  • 2 Tim 2:20-21
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    20 Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of gold & of siluer, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honour, and some vnto dishonour.

    21 If any man therefore purge him selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, sanctified, and meete for the Lord, and prepared vnto euery good worke.

  • Isa 64:8
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    8 But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.

  • Job 10:8-9
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    8 Thine handes haue made me, and fashioned mee wholy rounde about, and wilt thou destroy me?

    9 Remeber, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?

  • Isa 30:14
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    14 And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potters pot, which is broken without pitie, and in the breaking thereof is not found a sheard to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

  • Jer 16:20
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    20 Shall a man make gods vnto himselfe, and they are no gods?

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.

  • Job 4:17
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    17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?

  • Isa 44:10
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    10 Who hath made a god, or molten an image, that is profitable for nothing?

  • Acts 7:50
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    50 Hath not mine hand made all these things?

  • Job 31:15
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    15 He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?

  • Job 33:6
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    6 Beholde, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I am also formed of the clay.

  • Isa 40:18
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    18 To whom then wil ye liken God? or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him?

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    14 It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.

  • Ps 2:9
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    9 Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell.

  • Rom 14:4
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    4 Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant? Hee standeth or falleth to his owne master: yea, he shalbe established: for God is able to make him stand.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
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    7 For who separateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? If thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?

  • Rom 9:11
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    11 For yer the children were borne, and when they had neither done good, nor euill (that the purpose of God might remaine according to election, not by workes, but by him that calleth)

  • Isa 41:24-25
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    24 Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them.

    25 I haue raised vp from the North, and he shal come: from the East sunne shall he cal vpon my Name, & shal come vpon princes as vpo clay, and as the potter treadeth myre vnder the foote.

  • 1 Cor 1:28
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    28 And vile things of the worlde and thinges which are despised, hath God chosen, and thinges which are not, to bring to nought thinges that are,

  • Job 4:19
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    19 Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?

  • Prov 27:21
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    21 As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

  • Isa 54:16
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    16 Beholde, I haue created the smith that bloweth the coales in the fire, and him that bringeth forth an instrument for his worke, & I haue created the destroyer to destroy.

  • Job 9:4
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    4 He is wise in heart, & mighty in stregth: who hath bene fierce against him & hath prospered?

  • Jer 22:28
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    28 Is not this man Coniah as a despised and broken idole? or as a vessell, wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they caryed away, hee and his seede, and cast out into a lande that they knowe not?

  • Lam 4:2
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    2 The noble men of Zion coparable to fine golde, howe are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, euen the worke of the handes of the potter!