Romans 9:21
What! has the potter no right over the clay? Has he no right to make out of the same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for a menial?
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.
Romans 9:11
and though the children were still unborn and had done nothing either good or bad (to confirm the divine purpose in election which depends upon the call of God, not on anything man does),
Romans 9:18
Thus God has mercy on anyone just as he pleases, and he makes anyone stubborn just as he pleases.
Romans 9:22-23
What if God, though desirous to display his anger and show his might, has tolerated most patiently the objects of his anger, ripe and ready to be destroyed?
2 Timothy 2:20-21
In any great house there are indeed vessels not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for noble, some for menial service.