2 Timothy 2:20

New Century Version

In a large house there are not only things made of gold and silver, but also things made of wood and clay. Some things are used for special purposes, and others are made for ordinary jobs.

Cross References

Ezra 1:6

All their neighbors helped them, giving them things made of silver and gold, along with supplies, cattle, valuable gifts, and special gifts for the Temple.

Ezra 6:5

The gold and silver utensils from the Temple of God should be put back in their places. Nebuchadnezzar took them from the Temple in Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon, but they are to be put back in the Temple of God in Jerusalem.”

Exodus 27:3

“Use bronze to make all the tools and dishes that will be used on the altar: the pots to remove the ashes, the shovels, the bowls for sprinkling blood, the meat forks, and the pans for carrying the burning wood.

Lamentations 4:2

The precious people of Jerusalem were more valuable than gold, but now they are thought of as clay jars made by the hands of a potter.

Daniel 5:2

As Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver cups that his ancestor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. This was so the king, his royal guests, his wives, and his slave women could drink from those cups.

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I have no demon in me. I give honor to my Father, but you dishonor me.

Romans 9:20

You are only human, and human beings have no right to question God. An object should not ask the person who made it, “Why did you make me like this?”

1 Corinthians 3:9

We are God’s workers, working together; you are like God’s farm, God’s house.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure from God, but we are like clay jars that hold the treasure. This shows that the great power is from God, not from us.

Ephesians 2:22

And in Christ you, too, are being built together with the Jews into a place where God lives through the Spirit.

1 Timothy 3:15

Then, even if I am delayed, you will know how to live in the family of God. That family is the church of the living God, the support and foundation of the truth.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones, so let yourselves be used to build a spiritual temple—to be holy priests who offer spiritual sacrifices to God. He will accept those sacrifices through Jesus Christ.