Isaiah 45:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a shard of the earthen pots. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?

Cross References

Isaiah 64:8

And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.

Jeremiah 18:6

Cannot I do with you, as this potterO house of Israel saith the Lord? Behold, as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Isaiah 29:16

This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not. Or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not.

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? As if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:24

I have caused thee to fall into a snare and thou art taken, O Babylon: and thou wast not aware of it. Thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.

Job 9:12

If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? Or, who can say: Why dost thou so?

Job 33:13

Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?

Job 40:2

Gird up thy loins like a man. I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? And to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?

Jeremiah 36:29

And thou shalt say to Joakim the king of Juda: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast burnt that volume, saying: Why hast thou written therein and said: The king of Babylon shall come speedily and shall lay waste this land and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Job 10:9

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust again.

Isaiah 64:7

There is none that calleth upon thy name: that riseth up and taketh hold of thee: Thou hast hid thy face from us and hast crushed us in the hand of our iniquity.