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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 45:9 BSB
  1. a Cited in Romans 9:20

Isaiah 45:9 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 64:8 (14 votes) and Romans 9:20–21 (14 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 9 to 1 Corinthians 10.

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Which verses does Isaiah 45:9 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 64:814 votes

    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.

  2. Romans 9:20–2114 votes

    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?” 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?

  3. Isaiah 10:158 votes

    Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

  4. Isaiah 29:167 votes

    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”?

  5. Jeremiah 18:67 votes

    “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.

  6. Proverbs 21:306 votes

    There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

  7. Job 40:8–95 votes

    Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

  8. Psalm 2:2–95 votes

    The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” …

  9. Exodus 9:16–174 votes

    But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth. Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

  10. Job 15:24–264 votes

    Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, …

  11. Jeremiah 50:244 votes
  12. 1 Corinthians 10:224 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 45:9?

The 10 strongest of 28.