Verse 20

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Referenced Verses

• Isa 29:16 : 16 You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding?"
• Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker-- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?' 10 Woe to him who says to a father, 'What have you become the father of?' or to a mother, 'To what have you given birth?'" 11 Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
• Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?
• Job 36:23 : 23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'
• Job 38:2-3 : 2 "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
• Job 40:2 : 2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
• Job 16:3 : 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
• Job 42:2-6 : 2 "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained. 3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know. 4 You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.' 5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.
• Titus 2:9 : 9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
• Jas 2:20 : 20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
• Job 40:5 : 5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
• Job 40:8 : 8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Matt 20:15 : 15 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
• Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
• 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?