6 Bible Verses about Clay, Figurative Use

Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.

Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay. You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces. Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?

Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

"I, the Lord, say: 'O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter's hand.'