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Potsherds

Broken pieces of earthenware, Job 2:8 Isaiah 30:14, fit types of the worthlessness and fragility of man, Psalm 22:15 Proverbs 26:23 Isaiah 45:9. The ruins of many of the most ancient cities in the world show little but such fragments of pottery covering the ground; it is usually coarse in grain, but well glazed. Such fragments are used by the poor in various ways, if not utterly broken in to bits, Isaiah 30:14. At this day it is common to find pieces of broken jars at eastern wells and pools, to drink from and to see hot embers and coals carried in them from one spot to another.

Strong's Hebrew

2789. cheres -- earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
... earthen (1), earthen vessel (1), earthenware (8), earthenware vessel (1), earthenware
vessel the vessels (1), fragments (1), potsherd (2), potsherds (1), sherd ...
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Library

What are the Clouds?
... Beloved, I always think, "let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth,"
and"as a good old friend of mine says"let them crack themselves, too ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/what are the clouds.htm

King of Kings and Lord of Lords
... In the Scriptural language, men, whether high or low, rich or poor, one with another,
are compared to worms and potsherds of the earth; but they are by nature ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xxxviii king of kings.htm

Thirtieth Day. Not of the World.
... have a nobler heritage to care for than the transitory glories which encircle "an
indivisible point, a fugitive atom." How can I mix with the potsherds of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/the mind of jesus/thirtieth day not of the.htm

The Crowning with Thorns.
... stood the fragment of a pillar, and on it was placed a very low stool which these
cruel men maliciously covered with sharp flints and bits of broken potsherds. ...
/.../chapter xxvi the crowning with.htm

The Eternity and Unchangeableness of God.
... than in all others; but a "natural man" cannot behold it, for it is "spiritually
discerned." "Let the potsherd," saith he, "strive with the potsherds of the ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture viii the eternity and.htm

The Persecutions.
... faith. In Egypt the Christians were mangled with potsherds, and every torture
was invented that could shake their constancy. Each ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xxv the persecutions.htm

I Know that My Redeemer Liveth
... deformed. The vessel so daintily wrought upon the potter's wheel, is cast
away upon the dunghill with the vilest potsherds. Cruel ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/i know that my redeemer.htm

Philip and the Desposyni
... He would watch the doves settle upon some dusty heap of the village potsherds, and
then reflect the sunshine from every varying plume' as they soared upwards ...
/.../chapter lxiv philip and the.htm

The Names on Aaron's Breastplate
... Jewels were chosen to symbolise the tribes. Bits of tin, potsherds, or anything
else that one could have scratched letters upon, would have done quite as well. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the names on aarons breastplate.htm

The Song of the Redeemed
... of God, while others live and die in the love and service of sin, do not make
themselves to differ (I Corinthians 4:7) . It becomes the potsherds of the earth ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xlviii the song of.htm

Thesaurus

Potsherds (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Potsherds (2 Occurrences). Job 41:30 His undersides are
like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. ...
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Potsherd (6 Occurrences)
... the Revised Version (British and American) renders the word in Proverbs 26:23,
"an earthen vessel," and in Job 41:30 substitutes "sharp potsherds" for "sharp ...
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Pottage (7 Occurrences)

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Stone (290 Occurrences)
... from one another by dots, and the curved forms of some of the letters (b, k, l,
margin, n) presuppose writing with ink upon papyrus, parchment or potsherds. ...
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Potter (14 Occurrences)
... broken. As a consequence the ground in the vicinity of a pottery is always
strewn with potsherds (see also separate article). The ...
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Pottery (11 Occurrences)
... broken. As a consequence the ground in the vicinity of a pottery is always
strewn with potsherds (see also separate article). The ...
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Undersides (1 Occurrence)
... Undersides (1 Occurrence). Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. (WEB NIV). ...
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Underparts (1 Occurrence)
... Underparts (1 Occurrence). Job 41:30 His underparts are 'like' sharp potsherds:
He spreadeth 'as it were' a threshing-wain upon the mire. (ASV NAS RSV). ...
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Jagged (1 Occurrence)
... Jagged (1 Occurrence). Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving
a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. (See NIV). ...
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Fashioneth (5 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. ...
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Bible Concordance

Potsherds (2 Occurrences)

Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 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?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Subtopics

Potsherds

Related Terms

Potsherd (6 Occurrences)

Pottage (7 Occurrences)

Stone (290 Occurrences)

Potter (14 Occurrences)

Pottery (11 Occurrences)

Undersides (1 Occurrence)

Underparts (1 Occurrence)

Jagged (1 Occurrence)

Fashioneth (5 Occurrences)