Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.

Isaiah 10:5

Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

Romans 9:20-21

Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who strives with his maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are thou making? or thy work, He has no hands?

Psalm 17:13-14

Arise, O LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword,

Isaiah 29:16

Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay, that the thing made should say of him who made it, He did not make me, or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?

Jeremiah 51:20-23

Thou are my battle-axe and weapons of war. And with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms,

Ezekiel 28:9

Will thou yet say before him who slays thee, I am God? But thou are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds thee.

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
Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword,
Jeremiah 51:20
Thou are my battle-axe and weapons of war. And with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms,
Ezekiel 28:9
Will thou yet say before him who slays thee, I am God? But thou are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds thee.
Romans 9:20
Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?

General references

Exodus 9:17
As yet thou exalt thyself against my people, that thou will not let them go?
1 Corinthians 1:29
so that no flesh may boast before God.