Job 10:9
New Living Translation
9 Remember that you made me from dust—
will you turn me back to dust so soon?
Genesis 2:7
New Living Translation
7 Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
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Isaiah 64:8
New Living Translation
8 And yet, O Lord, you are our Father.
We are the clay, and you are the potter.
We all are formed by your hand.
Genesis 3:19
New Living Translation
19 By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7
New Living Translation
7 For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
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Jeremiah 18:6
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6 “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.
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Psalm 25:6-7
New Living Translation
6 Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love,
which you have shown from long ages past.
7 Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,
for you are merciful, O Lord.
Romans 9:21
New Living Translation
21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
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Isaiah 45:9
New Living Translation
9 “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator.
Does a clay pot argue with its maker?
Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying,
‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’
Does the pot exclaim,
‘How clumsy can you be?’
Psalm 106:4
New Living Translation
4 Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people;
come near and rescue me.
Psalm 90:3
New Living Translation
3 You turn people back to dust, saying,
“Return to dust, you mortals!”
Psalm 89:47
New Living Translation
47 Remember how short my life is,
how empty and futile this human existence!
Psalm 25:18
New Living Translation
18 Feel my pain and see my trouble.
Forgive all my sins.
Psalm 22:15
New Living Translation
15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.
Job 17:14
New Living Translation
14 What if I call the grave my father,
and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Job 7:7
New Living Translation
7 O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
and I will never again feel happiness.
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