Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! Let the potsherd contend with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
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Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job 40:2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him ? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying ,
Ecclesiastes 6:10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Isaiah 29:16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:6-11
The Divine Dominion. ( b. c. 708.) 5 I am the Lord , and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord , and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth… Read the whole commentary →