Isaiah 45:9

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?

Isaiah 29:16

You have turned things around,
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?

Isaiah 64:8

Yet Lord, You are our Father;
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.

Romans 9:20-21

But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Job 40:8-9

Would you really challenge My justice?
Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself?

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel
will prevail against the Lord.

Isaiah 10:15

Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

Jeremiah 18:6

“House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:24

Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught,
but you did not even know it.
You were found and captured
because you fought against the Lord.

Exodus 9:16-17

However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you My power and to make My name known in all the earth.

Job 15:24-26

Trouble and distress terrify him,
overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.

Psalm 2:2-9

The kings of the earth take their stand,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and His Anointed One:

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

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Summary

Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Unto him

Shall the clay

General references

Exodus 9:17

Bible References