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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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 45:9-11
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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 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)
Job 33:13
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- 33.13 Compare Gk: Heb his
Job 40:2
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- 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
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?
Job 16:3
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3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?(A)
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 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?(A)
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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 40:8
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8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(A)
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 36:23
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23 Who has prescribed for him his way,
or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?(A)
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
Titus 2:9
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9 Urge slaves to be submissive to their masters in everything, to be pleasing, not talking back,(A)
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Romans 2:1
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The Righteous Judgment of God
2 Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others, for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.(A)
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?(A)
Job 40:5
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5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer,
twice but will proceed no further.”(A)
1 Corinthians 7:16
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16 Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.(A)
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