Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Bible References

Thou hast

Genesis 2:7
then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Isaiah 45:9
"Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Jeremiah 18:6
"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Into dust again

Job 17:14
if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
Psalm 22:15
my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
Psalm 90:3
You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Romans 9:21
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

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