Romans 9:21

New English Translation

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

Cross References

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Isaiah 10:15

Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!

Isaiah 45:9

One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”

Isaiah 64:8

Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.

Jeremiah 22:28

This man, Jeconiah, will be like a broken pot someone threw away. He will be like a clay vessel that no one wants. Why will he and his children be forced into exile? Why will they be thrown out into a country they know nothing about?

Hosea 8:8

Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

Romans 9:11

even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –

Romans 9:18

So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”