Romans 9:20

New International Reader's Version

But you are a mere human being. So who are you to talk back to God? Scripture says, “Can what is made say to the one who made it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ” (Isaiah 29:16; 45:9)

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king said, “You and Joab are sons of Zeruiah. What does this have to do with you? Maybe the Lord said to him, ‘Curse David.’ If he did, who can ask him, ‘Why are you doing this?’ ”

Job 16:3

Your speeches go on forever. Won’t they ever end? What’s wrong with you? Why do you keep on arguing?

Job 33:13

Why do you claim that God never answers anybody’s questions?

Job 36:23

Who has told him what he can do? Who has said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong’?

Job 40:2

“I am the Mighty One. Will the man who argues with me correct me? Let him who brings charges against me answer me!”

Job 40:5

I spoke once. But I really don’t have any answer. I spoke twice. But I won’t say anything else.”

Job 40:8

“Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?

Job 9:32

“God isn’t a mere human being like me. I can’t answer him. We can’t take each other to court.

Isaiah 10:15

Does an ax claim to be more important than the person who swings it? Does a saw brag that it is better than the one who uses it? That would be like a stick swinging the person who picks it up! It would be like a war club waving the one who carries it!

Isaiah 29:16

They turn everything upside down. How silly they are to think that potters are like the clay they work with! Can what is made say to the one who made it, “You didn’t make me”? Can the pot say to the potter, “You don’t know anything”?

Isaiah 64:8

Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay. You are the potter. Your hands made all of us.

Jeremiah 18:6

“People of Israel, I can do with you just as this potter does,” announces the Lord. “The clay is in the potter’s hand. And you are in my hand, people of Israel.

Daniel 4:35

He considers all the nations on earth to be nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. He does what he wants with the nations of the earth. No one can hold back his hand. No one can say to him, “What have you done?”

Micah 6:8

The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of you. You must act with justice. You must love to show mercy. And you must be humble as you live in the sight of your God.

Matthew 20:15

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Do you feel cheated because I gave so freely to the others?’

Luke 12:14

Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge or umpire between you?”

Romans 14:4

Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? Whether they are faithful or not is their own master’s concern. And they will be faithful, because the Lord has the power to make them faithful.

Romans 2:1

If you judge someone else, you have no excuse for it. When you judge another person, you are judging yourself. You do the same things you blame others for doing.

Romans 2:3

Though you are only a human being, you judge others. But you yourself do the same things. So how do you think you will escape when God judges you?

Romans 9:21

Isn’t the potter free to make different kinds of pots out of the same lump of clay? Some are for special purposes. Others are for ordinary use.

Romans 9:22

What if God chose to show his great anger? What if he chose to make his power known? But he put up with the people he was angry with. They were made to be destroyed.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

1 Corinthians 7:16

Wife, how do you know if you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know if you will save your wife?

1 Timothy 6:5

It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are things made out of gold and silver. But there are also things made out of wood and clay. Some have special purposes. Others have common purposes.

Titus 2:9

Teach slaves to obey their masters in everything they do. Tell them to try to please their masters. They must not talk back to them.

James 2:20

You foolish person! Do you want proof that faith without good deeds is useless?