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
The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
Isaiah 45:9
One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!"
Isaiah 64:8
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
Jeremiah 18:6
"I, the Lord, say: 'O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter's hand.'

Into dust again

Job 17:14
If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'
Psalm 22:15
The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
Psalm 90:3
You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.
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?

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