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Romans 9:18–22

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Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
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From verse 18

  1. Exodus 4:21Rank 1 from verse 18
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    21And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

  2. Joshua 11:20Rank 2 from verse 18
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    20For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  3. Romans 9:15–16Rank 3 from verse 18
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    15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

    16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

  4. 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12Rank 4 from verse 18
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    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

    12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  5. Romans 11:7–8Rank 5 from verse 18
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    7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

    8(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

  6. Deuteronomy 2:30Rank 6 from verse 18
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    30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

  7. Romans 5:20–21Rank 7 from verse 18
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    20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

    21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

  8. Acts 28:26–28Rank 8 from verse 18
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    26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

    27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

    28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

  9. Exodus 7:13Rank 9 from verse 18
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    13And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

  10. Isaiah 63:17Rank 10 from verse 18
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    17¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

  11. Romans 1:24–28Rank 11 from verse 18
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    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

    25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

    26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

    27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  12. Matthew 13:14–15Rank 12 from verse 18
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    14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

    15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  13. Ephesians 1:6Rank 13 from verse 18
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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

From verse 19

  1. Daniel 4:35Rank 1 from verse 19
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    35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

  2. 2 Chronicles 20:6Rank 2 from verse 19
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    6And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:12Rank 3 from verse 19
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    12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

  4. 1 Corinthians 15:35Rank 4 from verse 19
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    35But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

  5. Genesis 50:20Rank 5 from verse 19
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    20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

  6. Isaiah 10:6–7Rank 6 from verse 19
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    6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

    7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

  7. Isaiah 46:10–11Rank 7 from verse 19
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    10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

    11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  8. Job 23:13–14Rank 8 from verse 19
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    13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

    14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

  9. Job 9:12–15Rank 9 from verse 19
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    12Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

    13If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

    14How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

    15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

  10. Job 9:19Rank 10 from verse 19
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    19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

  11. Mark 14:21Rank 11 from verse 19
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    21The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

  12. Psalms 76:10Rank 12 from verse 19
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    10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

  13. Acts 2:23Rank 13 from verse 19
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    23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

  14. Acts 4:27–28Rank 14 from verse 19
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    27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

    28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

  15. James 1:13Rank 15 from verse 19
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    13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

  16. Romans 11:19Rank 16 from verse 19
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    19Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

  17. Romans 3:5–8Rank 17 from verse 19
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    5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

    6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

    7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

    8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

From verse 20

  1. Isaiah 29:16Rank 1 from verse 20
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    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?

  2. Isaiah 45:9–11Rank 2 from verse 20
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    9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive 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?

    10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

    11Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

  3. Isaiah 64:8Rank 3 from verse 20
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    8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

  4. Job 33:13Rank 4 from verse 20
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    13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

  5. Job 36:23Rank 5 from verse 20
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    23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

  6. Job 40:2Rank 6 from verse 20
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    2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

  7. Matthew 20:15Rank 7 from verse 20
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

  8. 1 Timothy 6:5Rank 8 from verse 20
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    5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

  9. Job 16:3Rank 9 from verse 20
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    3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

  10. 1 Corinthians 1:20Rank 10 from verse 20
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    20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  11. Job 38:2–3Rank 11 from verse 20
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    2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

    3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

  12. Job 40:8Rank 12 from verse 20
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    8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  13. Job 42:2–6Rank 13 from verse 20
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    2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

    3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

    4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

    5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

    6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

  14. James 2:20Rank 14 from verse 20
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    20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

  15. Job 40:5Rank 15 from verse 20
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    5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

  16. Micah 6:8Rank 16 from verse 20
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  17. Romans 2:1Rank 17 from verse 20
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    1THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

  18. Titus 2:9Rank 18 from verse 20
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    9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

  19. 1 Corinthians 7:16Rank 19 from verse 20
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    16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

From verse 21

  1. Isaiah 64:8Rank 1 from verse 21
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    8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

  2. 2 Timothy 2:20–21Rank 2 from verse 21
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    20But 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.

    21If 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 work.

  3. Proverbs 16:4Rank 3 from verse 21
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    4The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  4. Jeremiah 18:3–6Rank 4 from verse 21
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    3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

    4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

    5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

  5. Acts 9:15Rank 5 from verse 21
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    15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

  6. Romans 9:22–23Rank 6 from verse 21
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    22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

    23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

  7. Romans 9:11Rank 7 from verse 21
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    11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

  8. Romans 9:18Rank 8 from verse 21
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    18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

  9. Hosea 8:8Rank 9 from verse 21
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    8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

  10. Jeremiah 22:28Rank 10 from verse 21
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    28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

From verse 22

  1. Proverbs 16:4Rank 1 from verse 22
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    4The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  2. Jude 1:4Rank 2 from verse 22
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    4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

  3. 1 Peter 2:8Rank 3 from verse 22
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    8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

  4. Romans 9:21Rank 4 from verse 22
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    21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

  5. 2 Timothy 2:20Rank 5 from verse 22
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    20But 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.

  6. Exodus 9:16Rank 6 from verse 22
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    16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:16Rank 7 from verse 22
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    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  8. Romans 9:17Rank 8 from verse 22
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    17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

  9. 2 Peter 2:3Rank 9 from verse 22
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    3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

  10. Romans 2:4–5Rank 10 from verse 22
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    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

    5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  11. Ecclesiastes 8:11–12Rank 11 from verse 22
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    11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

    12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

  12. Matthew 23:31–33Rank 12 from verse 22
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    31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

    32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

    33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

  13. Psalms 90:11Rank 13 from verse 22
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    11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

  14. Psalms 50:21–22Rank 14 from verse 22
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    21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

    22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  15. Numbers 14:11Rank 15 from verse 22
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    11¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

  16. Numbers 14:18Rank 16 from verse 22
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    18The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

  17. 1 Thessalonians 5:9Rank 17 from verse 22
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    9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

  18. 2 Peter 3:8–9Rank 18 from verse 22
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    8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

    9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

  19. Genesis 15:16Rank 19 from verse 22
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    16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

  20. 1 Peter 3:20Rank 20 from verse 22
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    20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

  21. 2 Peter 2:9Rank 21 from verse 22
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    9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

  22. 2 Peter 3:15Rank 22 from verse 22
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    15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

  23. Lamentations 3:22Rank 23 from verse 22
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    22It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  24. Revelation 6:16–17Rank 24 from verse 22
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    16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

    17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  25. Revelation 6:9–11Rank 25 from verse 22
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    9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

    10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

    11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

  26. Romans 1:18Rank 26 from verse 22
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

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Romans 9:18

COMBINED MEANING

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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Romans 9:19

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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COMBINED MEANING

find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

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fault

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Properly, an erring or missing; a failing; hence, an error or mistake; a blunder; a defect; a blemish; whatever impairs excellence; applied to things.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

resisted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of resist, meaning to oppose, withstand, strive against, hinder, refuse, or set oneself against.

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 9:20

COMBINED MEANING

nay

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1. No; a denial or refusal. 2. Rather; on the contrary.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

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COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

formed

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Made, shaped, fashioned, created, arranged, or brought into the intended being, body, people, purpose, or condition.

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 9:21

COMBINED MEANING

power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

clay

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Earth or soil that can be moistened, shaped, trodden, formed, or hardened, especially by a potter or brickmaker.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

lump

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A mass of things blended or gathered together; taken as a whole or in gross.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

vessel

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1. A container or utensil made to hold, carry, or serve. 2. A ship or craft for travel upon water. 3. Figuratively, a person or body regarded as a bearer or instrument.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

dishonour

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1. Shame, disgrace, reproach, or lack of honour. 2. To treat shamefully or without honour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 9:22

COMBINED MEANING

willing

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Disposed, ready, or consenting by choice; desiring or intending to do the stated thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shew

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Sense 1: To cause to see; to display, present, point out, or make visible. Sense 2: To reveal, disclose, declare, explain, teach, direct, or make known. Sense 3: To demonstrate, prove, manifest, or make evident. Sense 4: To exercise or perform kindness, mercy, favour, piety, or another stated disposition toward someone. Sense 5: An outward appearance, display, or presentation to view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

vessels

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1. Containers, utensils, or implements made to hold, carry, or serve. 2. Ships or craft for travel upon water. 3. Figuratively, persons or bodies regarded as bearers or instruments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9:14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

9:15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

9:17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

9:18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

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9:19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

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9:20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

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9:21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

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9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

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9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

9:24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

9:25As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

9:26And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

9:27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

9:28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

9:29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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