Romans 9:11

9:11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –

Romans 9:18

9:18 So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

Proverbs 16:4

16:4 The Lord works everything for its own ends –

even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Isaiah 64:8

64:8 Yet, Lord, you are our father.

We are the clay, and you are our potter;

we are all the product of your labor.

Jeremiah 18:3-6

18:3 So I went down to the potter’s house and found him working at his wheel. 18:4 Now and then there would be something wrong with the pot he was molding from the clay with his hands. So he would rework the clay into another kind of pot as he saw fit.

18:5 Then the Lord said to me, 18:6 “I, the Lord, say: ‘O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter’s hand.’