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Job 10:9 — Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Remember		Job 7:7; Psa 25:6,7,18; Psa 89:47; Psa 106:4
thou hast		Gen 2:7; Gen 3:19; Isa 45:9; Isa 64:8; Jer 18:6
into dust again		Job 17:14; Psa 22:15; Psa 90:3; Ecc 12:7; Rom 9:21

Correlating Passages

Remember

	Job 7:7	O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
	Psa 25:6	Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.
	Psa 25:7	Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
	Psa 25:18	Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
	Psa 89:47	Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
	Psa 106:4	Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

thou hast

	Gen 2:7	And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
	Gen 3:19	In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
	Isa 45:9	Woe 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?
	Isa 64:8	But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.
	Jer 18:6	O 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.

into dust again

	Job 17:14	I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
	Psa 22:15	My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
	Psa 90:3	Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
	Ecc 12:7	Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
	Rom 9:21	Hath 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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Scott, Thomas. "Job 10:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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