What Does the Bible Say About Pottery?

Isaiah 29:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Romans 9:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 9:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

Romans 9:20-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

Isaiah 45:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Jeremiah 23:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Jeremiah 18:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Isaiah 27:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Psalm 74:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.

Job 41:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord? Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words? Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever? Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls? ...

Job 40:15-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox. Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly. He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron. “He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword! ...

Job 40:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord said to Job: “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” Then Job answered the Lord and said: “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.” ...

Job 33:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

Job 31:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Job 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?

Job 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’

Job 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.”

1 Samuel 17:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

Judges 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.

Exodus 20:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Genesis 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.

Genesis 6:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.

1 John 2:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Acts 4:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

34 Bible Verses about Pottery

Isaiah 29:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 9:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 9:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 9:20-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 45:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 23:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 18:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 27:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 74:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 41:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 40:15-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 40:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 33:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 31:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 17:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Judges 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 4:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Pottery

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Isaiah 29:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 9:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 9:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 9:20-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 45:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 23:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 18:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 27:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 74:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 41:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 40:15-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 40:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 33:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 31:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 17:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Judges 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 4:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote