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?
Into dust again
Bible References
Thou hast
Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 3:19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
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’?
Isaiah 64:8 Yet Lord, You are our Father;
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.
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.
Into dust again
Job 17:14 and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
Psalm 90:3 You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Romans 9:21
Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?