Isaiah 29:16
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16 You have turned things around,
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?(A)
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?
Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on[a] ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”(A)
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- Isaiah 44:20 Or He shepherds
Isaiah 64:8
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8 Yet Lord, You are our Father;(A)
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.(B)
Jeremiah 10:14
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14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,(A)
for his cast images are a lie;(B)
there is no breath in them.(C)
Jeremiah 18:6
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6 “House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.(A)
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Jeremiah 18:18
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Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah,(A) for instruction will never be lost from the priest,(B) or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet.(C) Come, let’s denounce him[a] and pay no attention to all his words.”
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- Jeremiah 18:18 Lit let’s strike him with the tongue
Hosea 7:3
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Israel’s Corruption
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Romans 2:2
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2 We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.
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Romans 6:21
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21 So what fruit was produced[a] then from the things you are now ashamed of?(A) For the end of those things is death.(B)
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- Romans 6:21 Lit what fruit do you have
Romans 8:5
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5 For those who live[a] according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh,(A) but those who live[b] according to the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit.
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- Romans 8:5 Or those who are
- Romans 8:5 Or those who are
1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the philosopher?[a] Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age?(A) Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:20 Or wise
1 Corinthians 2:6
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Spiritual Wisdom
6 However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature,(A) but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers(B) of this age, who are coming to nothing.(C)
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(A) with God, since it is written:(B) He catches the wise in their craftiness;(C)[a]
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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A Clear Conscience
12 For this is our confidence: The testimony(A) of our conscience(B) is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly[a] wisdom(C) but by God’s grace.(D)
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- 2 Corinthians 1:12 The word fleshly (characterized by flesh) indicates that the wisdom is natural rather than spiritual.
Ephesians 5:4
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4 Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
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Colossians 2:23
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23 Although these have a reputation of wisdom(A) by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.[a](B)
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- Colossians 2:23 Lit value against indulgence of the flesh
1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 for they themselves report[a] what kind of reception(A) we had from you: how you turned(B) to God from idols(C) to serve the living(D) and true(E) God
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- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Lit report about us
2 Timothy 2:21
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21 So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable,[a] he will be a special[b] instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.(A)
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- 2 Timothy 2:21 Lit from these
- 2 Timothy 2:21 Or an honorable
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