Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Bible References

The potter

Romans 9:11
and though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything either good or bad, so that God’s purpose [His choice, His election] would stand, not because of works [done by either child], but because of [the plan of] Him who calls them,
Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil.
Isaiah 64:8

Yet, O Lord, You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our Potter,
And we all are the work of Your hand.
Jeremiah 18:3
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and saw that he was working at the wheel.

One vessel

Romans 9:22
What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction?
Jeremiah 22:28

“Is this man [King] Coniah a despised, broken jar?
Is he a vessel in which no one takes pleasure?
Why are he and his [royal] descendants hurled out
And cast into a land which they do not know or understand?
Hosea 8:8

Israel is [as if] swallowed up [by enemies];
They are now among the nations
Like a vessel [of cheap, coarse pottery] that is useless.
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a [deliberately] chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a large house there are not only vessels and objects of gold and silver, but also vessels and objects of wood and of earthenware, and some are for honorable (noble, good) use and some for dishonorable (ignoble, common).