Romans 9:20 Cross References - MSB

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?”

³ Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

¹³ Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

²³ Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?

² “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? ³ Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

² “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

⁵ I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

⁸ Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

² “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted. 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. ⁴ You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’ ⁵ My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. ⁶ Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

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”?

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’? ¹⁰ Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’” 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?

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.

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?

¹⁵ Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

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.

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 this world?

¹⁶ How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

⁵ and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

⁹ Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

²⁰ O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is dead?