2 Timothy 2:20
But, in a great house, there are not only gold and silver vessels, but, also wooden and earthen: and, some, indeed, for honour, while, some, are for dishonour:
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Ezra 1:6and, all they who were round about them, strengthened their hands, with utensils of silver, with gold with goods and with beasts, and with precious things,—besides any thing he had volunteered.
Lamentations 4:2The precious sons of Zion, they who were weighed against pure gold, How are they accounted as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Romans 9:21Or hath not the potter a right over the clay—out of the same lump, to make some, indeed, into a vessel for honour, and some for dishonour?
1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not that ye are a shrine of God, and that the Spirit of God within you doth dwell?
Ephesians 2:22In whom, ye also, are being builded together, into a habitation of God in Spirit.
Hebrews 3:2As one, faithful, to him who made him: as, Moses also, in [all] his house.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:20-22
Cautions against Error. ( a. d. 66.) 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good… Read the whole commentary →