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 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 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)
Job 33:13
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- 33.13 Compare Gk: Heb his
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
Job 40:2
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- 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 16:3
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3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?(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
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