Romans 9:14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Romans 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.
Romans 9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Romans 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.
Romans 9:18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Romans 9:19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Romans 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?
Romans 9:21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Romans 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:
Romans 9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory
Matthew 13:37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Matthew 13:39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 