Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Bible References

I am

Job 9:32

“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court and judgment together.
Job 13:3

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.
Job 20:22

“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].
Job 23:3

“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Job 31:35

“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].

In

Genesis 30:2
Then Jacob became furious with Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has denied you children?”
Exodus 4:16
Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people; he will act as a mouthpiece for you, and you will be as God to him [telling him what I say to you].
2 Corinthians 5:20
So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christ’s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.

I also

Job 4:19

‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.
Job 10:9

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?
Job 13:12

“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;
Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.
Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
Genesis 3:19

“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.