Romans 9:20

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Romans 9:20

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?”

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”?

Job 33:13

Why do you take Him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?

Romans 2:1

Therefore, any one of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

Job 16:3

Is there no end to your empty words?
What provokes you that you continue testifying?

Job 36:23

Who has appointed His way for Him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?

Job 38:2-3

Who is this who obscures My counsel
with ignorant words?

Job 40:2

Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.

Job 40:5

I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
twice, but now I can add nothing.

Job 40:8

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

Job 42:2-6

I know that You can do anything
and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

Isaiah 45:9-11

“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 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.

Micah 6:8

Mankind, He has told you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.

Matthew 20:15

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

1 Corinthians 7:16

For you, wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Or you, husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.

Titus 2:9

Slaves are to be submissive to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back

James 2:20

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

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Summary

Romans 9:20

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

O man

Who art

Repliest

Job 16:3

Titus 2:9

1 Timothy 6:5

Shall

Isaiah 29:16

Isaiah 45:9

Bible References

O man

Therefore, any one of you

who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

Mankind, He has told you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.

For you, wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Or you, husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

Who art

Why do you take Him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?

Who has appointed His way for Him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?

Who is this who obscures My counsel
with ignorant words?

Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.

I know that You can do anything
and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’

Repliest

Is there no end to your empty

words?

What provokes you that you continue testifying?

Slaves are to be submissive to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back

and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.

Shall

“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’?