Isaiah 64:8
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8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.(A)
Ephesians 2:10
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10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.(A)
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Psalm 119:73
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73 Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.(A)
Psalm 138:8
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8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.(A)
Jeremiah 18:2-6
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2 “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.”(A) 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 6 Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.(B)
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Psalm 100:3
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3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;[a]
we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.(A)
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- 100.3 Or and not we ourselves
Isaiah 63:16
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16 For you are our father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our father;
our Redeemer from of old is your name.(A)
Isaiah 29:16
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16 You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay?
Shall the thing made say of its maker,
“He did not make me,”
or the thing formed say of the one who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?(A)
Isaiah 45:9
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9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
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- 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters
Isaiah 44:24
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24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who by myself spread out the earth;(A)
Isaiah 44:21
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Israel Is Not Forgotten
21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are my servant;
I formed you, you are my servant;
O Israel, do not forget me.[a](A)
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- 44.21 Q ms Compare Gk Syr Tg: MT you will not be forgotten by me
Isaiah 43:7
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7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”(A)
Romans 9:20-24
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A) 21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?(B) 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,(C) 23 and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 including us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the gentiles?
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Job 10:8-9
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8 Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you turn and destroy me.[a](A)
9 Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
and will you turn me to dust again?(B)
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- 10.8 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb made me together all around, and you destroy me
Deuteronomy 32:6
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6 Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father who created you,
who made you and established you?(A)
Galatians 3:26
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26 for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.(A)
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Galatians 3:29
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29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring,[a] heirs according to the promise.(A)
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- 3.29 Gk seed
Exodus 4:22
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22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.(A)
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