Isaiah 10:15

Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Romans 9:20-21

But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Isaiah 45:9

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?

Psalm 17:13-14

Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.

Isaiah 29:16

You have turned things around,
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?

Jeremiah 51:20-23

You are My battle club,
My weapons of war.
With you I will smash nations;
with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

General references

Bible References

The axe

Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Psalm 17:13
Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.
Jeremiah 51:20
You are My battle club,
My weapons of war.
With you I will smash nations;
with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.
Romans 9:20
But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

General references

Exodus 9:17
You are still acting arrogantly against My people by not letting them go.
1 Corinthians 1:29
so that no one can boast in His presence.

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