Isaiah 45:9

New King James Version

“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?

Cross References

Job 10:9

Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?

Job 33:13

Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

Job 40:2

“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

Job 9:12

If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Job 9:4

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever one is, he has been named already, For it is known that he is man; And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!

Isaiah 29:16

Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, “He did not make me”? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”

Isaiah 64:7

And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities.

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we 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. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

Jeremiah 36:29

And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You have burned this scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and cause man and beast to cease from here?’ ”

Jeremiah 50:24

I have laid a snare for you; You have indeed been trapped, O Babylon, And you were not aware; You have been found and also caught, Because you have contended against the Lord.

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done?”

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?