Job 10:9
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9 Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
and will you turn me to dust again?(A)
Genesis 2:7
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7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)
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- 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man
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)
Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”(A)
Ecclesiastes 12:7
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7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[a] returns to God who gave it.(A)
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- 12.7 Or the spirit
Jeremiah 18:6
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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.(A)
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Psalm 25:6-7
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6 Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.(A)
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!(B)
Romans 9:21
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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?(A)
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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
Psalm 106:4
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Psalm 90:3
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- 90.3 Heb humankind
Psalm 89:47
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- 89.47 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 25:18
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18 Consider my affliction and my trouble,
and forgive all my sins.(A)
Psalm 22:15
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15 my mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.(A)
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- 22.15 Cn: Heb strength
Job 17:14
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14 if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’(A)
Job 7:7
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7 “Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.(A)
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