Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Are the clay
General references
Bible References
Thou art
Isaiah 63:16 Yet You are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.
Exodus 4:22
Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.
Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
Galatians 3:26
for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Are the clay
Isaiah 29:16 You have turned things around,
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?
Isaiah 45:9 “Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
Jeremiah 18:2
“Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal My words to you.”
Romans 9:20
But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
All are
Isaiah 43:7 everyone called by My name
and created for My glory.
I have formed him; indeed, I have made him.”
and created for My glory.
I have formed him; indeed, I have made him.”
Isaiah 44:21 Remember these things, Jacob,
and Israel, for you are My servant;
I formed you, you are My servant;
Israel, you will never be forgotten by Me.
and Israel, for you are My servant;
I formed you, you are My servant;
Israel, you will never be forgotten by Me.
Job 10:8 “Your hands shaped me and formed me.
Will You now turn and destroy me?
Will You now turn and destroy me?
Psalm 100:3 Acknowledge that Yahweh is God.
He made us, and we are His —
His people, the sheep of His pasture.
He made us, and we are His
His people, the sheep of His pasture.
Psalm 119:73
י YodYour hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding
so that I can learn Your commands.
give me understanding
so that I can learn Your commands.
Psalm 138:8 The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.
Lord, Your love is eternal;
do not abandon the work of Your hands.
Lord, Your love is eternal;
do not abandon the work of Your hands.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.
General references
Jeremiah 18:6
“House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.