Jeremiah 18:6

"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.

Isaiah 64:8

But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.

Isaiah 45:9

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!

Matthew 20:15

I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'

Jeremiah 18:4

But the vessel he was working on with the clay was ruined in the potter's hand. So he remade it into another vessel that seemed appropriate to him.

Daniel 4:23

"Your majesty saw a holy observer descending from heaven and saying, "Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump in the ground, along with its roots, bound with iron and bronze in the field grass. Let him be soaked with the dew of the sky and live with the wild animals of the field until seven seasons pass over him.'

Romans 9:20-21

On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Romans 11:34

Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his advisor?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Bible References

General references

Jeremiah 18:4
But the vessel he was working on with the clay was ruined in the potter's hand. So he remade it into another vessel that seemed appropriate to him.
Isaiah 64:8
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
Daniel 4:23
"Your majesty saw a holy observer descending from heaven and saying, "Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump in the ground, along with its roots, bound with iron and bronze in the field grass. Let him be soaked with the dew of the sky and live with the wild animals of the field until seven seasons pass over him.'
Matthew 20:15
I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'
Romans 11:34
Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his advisor?

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