2 Timothy 2:20

Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use.

Romans 9:21-23

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

1 Timothy 3:15

in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

Exodus 27:3

You are to make its pots for the ashes, its shovels, its tossing bowls, its meat hooks, and its fire pans -- you are to make all its utensils of bronze.

Ezra 1:6

All their neighbors assisted them with silver utensils, gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention all the voluntary offerings.

Ezra 6:5

Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.'

Lamentations 4:2

(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.

Daniel 5:2

While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels -- the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem -- so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them.

1 Corinthians 3:9

We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

Ephesians 2:22

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Hebrews 3:2-6

who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God's house.

1 Peter 2:5

you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Summary

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

And some to honour

General references

Bible References

In a

1 Corinthians 3:9
We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.
Ephesians 2:22
in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
1 Timothy 3:15
in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
Hebrews 3:2
who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God's house.
1 Peter 2:5
you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Vessels

Exodus 27:3
You are to make its pots for the ashes, its shovels, its tossing bowls, its meat hooks, and its fire pans -- you are to make all its utensils of bronze.
Ezra 1:6
All their neighbors assisted them with silver utensils, gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention all the voluntary offerings.
Ezra 6:5
Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.'
Lamentations 4:2
(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
Daniel 5:2
While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels -- the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem -- so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

And some to honour

Romans 9:21
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

General references

Proverbs 25:4
Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;
Acts 5:1
Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

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