Romans 9:20

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Romans 9:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

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Romans 2:1

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

1 Corinthians 7:16

How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

James 2:20

O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

Job 33:13

Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

Job 36:23

Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?

Job 38:2

“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 38:3

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

Job 40:2

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Job 40:5

I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”

Job 40:8

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Job 42:2

“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

Job 42:3

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Job 42:4

You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

Job 42:5

My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

Job 42:6

Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Matthew 20:15

Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

Job 16:3

Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

Titus 2:9

Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

Isaiah 29:16

You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?