Isaiah 45:9

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!

Isaiah 29:16

He has turned the tables on you as if the potter were thought to be like heat. Can what is made say of the one who made it, "He did not make me?' Or can what is formed say of the ones who formed it, "He has no skill?'

Isaiah 64:8

But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.

Romans 9:20-21

On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Job 40:8-9

Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, insight, or counsel can prevail against the LORD.

Isaiah 10:15

"Does the ax exalt itself over the one who swings it? Or does the saw magnify itself in opposition to the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield those who lift it, or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!

Jeremiah 18:6

"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.

Jeremiah 50:24

I'll set a trap for you, and you will be caught, Babylon, but you don't realize it. You will be found and also seized, because you challenged the LORD!

Exodus 9:16-17

However, I've kept you standing in order to show you my power and to declare my name in all the earth.

Job 15:24-26

Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.

Psalm 2:2-9

As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

1 Corinthians 10:22

or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?

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Summary

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?

General references

Bible References

Unto him

Isaiah 64:8
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
Exodus 9:16
However, I've kept you standing in order to show you my power and to declare my name in all the earth.
Job 15:24
Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.
Job 40:8
Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?
Psalm 2:2
As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,
Proverbs 21:30
No wisdom, insight, or counsel can prevail against the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:24
I'll set a trap for you, and you will be caught, Babylon, but you don't realize it. You will be found and also seized, because you challenged the LORD!
1 Corinthians 10:22
or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?

Shall the clay

Isaiah 10:15
"Does the ax exalt itself over the one who swings it? Or does the saw magnify itself in opposition to the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield those who lift it, or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!
Isaiah 29:16
He has turned the tables on you as if the potter were thought to be like heat. Can what is made say of the one who made it, "He did not make me?' Or can what is formed say of the ones who formed it, "He has no skill?'
Jeremiah 18:6
"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

General references

Exodus 9:17
You are still acting arrogantly against my people by not letting them go.

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