Romans 9:21

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Romans 9:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

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?

23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

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Romans 9:11

Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

Romans 9:18

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

Proverbs 16:4

The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Jeremiah 18:3

So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

Jeremiah 18:4

But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 18:6

“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Romans 9:22

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?

Romans 9:23

What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

Jeremiah 22:28

Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

Acts 9:15

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

2 Timothy 2:20

A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

2 Timothy 2:21

So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.