Romans 9:20
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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)
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Romans 9:20
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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)
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- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
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 29:16
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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)
Isaiah 64:8
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Isaiah 45:9-11
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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)
10 Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you fathering?”
or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
11 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel and its Maker:
Will you question me[b] about my children
or command me concerning the work of my hands?(B)
Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 “Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?(F)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’
Job 33:13
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- 33.13 Compare Gk: Heb his
Job 33:13
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- Job 33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions
1 Timothy 6:5
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5 and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.[a](A)
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- 6.5 Other ancient authorities add Withdraw yourself from such people
1 Timothy 6:5
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5 and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth(A) and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
Job 40:2
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- 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 40:2
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Job 16:3
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3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?(A)
Job 16:3
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James 2:20
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20 Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?[a]
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read dead or empty
James 2:20
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- James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
Matthew 20:15
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15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’[a](A)
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- 20.15 Gk is your eye evil because I am good?
Matthew 20:15
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15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)
Job 42:2-6
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2 “I know that you can do all things
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(A)
3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me that I did not know.(B)
4 ‘Hear, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you declare to me.’(C)
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;(D)
6 therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”(E)
Job 42:2-6
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Job 38:2-3
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2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?(A)
3 Gird up your loins like a man;
I will question you, and you shall declare to me.(B)
Job 38:2-3
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Job 36:23
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23 Who has prescribed for him his way,
or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?(A)
Job 36:23
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