Romans 9:20

Modern English Version

Rather, O man, who are you to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

The king responded, “What do you have against me, sons of Zeruiah? Suppose that he curses because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David.’ Who shall then say, ‘Why do you do so?’ ”

Job 16:3

Will windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job 33:13

Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give an accounting for any of His words.

Job 36:23

Who has prescribed His way for Him? Or who can say, ‘You have worked iniquity’?

Job 40:2

“Will he who argues with the Almighty instruct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

Job 40:5

Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

Job 40:8

“Will you indeed annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me, that you may be righteous?

Job 9:32

“For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? That is as if the rod wields itself against those who lift it up, or as if the staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood.

Isaiah 29:16

Surely you turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as the potter’s clay? Shall what is made say to its maker, “He did not make me”? Or shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O  Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; and we all are the work of Your hand.

Jeremiah 18:6

O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Daniel 4:35

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. And no one can stay His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good— and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Luke 12:14

Jesus said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or an arbitrator between you?”

Romans 14:4

Who are you to judge another man’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for God is able to make him stand.

Romans 2:1

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judges, for when you judge another, you condemn yourself, for you who judge do the same things.

Romans 2:3

Do you think, O man, who judges those who do such things, and who does the same thing, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Romans 9:21

Does the potter not have power over the clay to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

Romans 9:22

What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of this world foolish?

1 Corinthians 7:16

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

1 Timothy 6:5

constant disputes by men of corrupt minds, being destitute of the truth, and supposing that financial gain is godliness. Withdraw yourself from such men.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also those of wood and clay; some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

Titus 2:9

Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, to please them well in everything, not answering back,

James 2:20

But do you want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?