Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Bible References

O man

Romans 2:1
Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
1 Corinthians 7:16
For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
James 2:20
But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Who art

Job 33:13
“Why do you complain against Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?
Job 36:23
“Who has appointed Him His way,
And who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?
Job 38:2
“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?
Job 40:2
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”
Job 42:2
“I know that You can do all things,
And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’

Repliest

Job 16:3
“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
Titus 2:9
Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
1 Timothy 6:5
and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

Shall

Isaiah 29:16
You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay,
That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Isaiah 45:9
“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker—
An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth!
Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?