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Art » Primitive » Of the potter
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was doing work at the potter's wheel.
Though the precious people of Zion were like fine gold, how they are valued like clay vessels, the handiwork of a potter!
Then the LORD told me, "Throw the money into the treasury that magnificent value they placed on me!"
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Potters
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I'll allow you to hear my words."
A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.
"He will rule them with an iron scepter; shattering them like clay pots.'
Arts of the » Potter
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was doing work at the potter's wheel.
Though the precious people of Zion were like fine gold, how they are valued like clay vessels, the handiwork of a potter!
Then the LORD told me, "Throw the money into the treasury that magnificent value they placed on me!"
Clay » Figurative
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.
how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?
He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.
"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!
"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.
Father » Our
For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, "Our Redeemer' is your name.
Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
King David also rejoiced greatly. Then David blessed the LORD in the presence of the entire assembly. David said, How blessed you are, LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel, from eternity to eternity!
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!
God » Fatherhood of » General references to
For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, "Our Redeemer' is your name.
Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
King David also rejoiced greatly. Then David blessed the LORD in the presence of the entire assembly. David said, How blessed you are, LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel, from eternity to eternity!
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!
Heavenly » Father » General references to
For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, "Our Redeemer' is your name.
Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
King David also rejoiced greatly. Then David blessed the LORD in the presence of the entire assembly. David said, How blessed you are, LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel, from eternity to eternity!
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!
Man » A social being » As clay
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.
"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!
"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.
He has turned the tables on you as if the potter were thought to be like heat. Can what is made say of the one who made it, "He did not make me?' Or can what is formed say of the ones who formed it, "He has no skill?'
Man » Compared to » Clay in the potter's hand
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I'll allow you to hear my words."
"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.
Pottery » Figurative
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Father
But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, "Our Redeemer' is your name.
But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.
This is not the way to repay the LORD, is it, you foolish and witless people? Is he not your father, who bought you, formed you, and established you?