Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up him who is not wood!

Isaiah 10:5

Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

Romans 9:20-21

Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?

Psalm 17:13-14

Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;

Isaiah 29:16

Oh your perverseness! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, so that the work should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

Jeremiah 51:20-23

Thou art my maul, my weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 28:9

Wilt thou then say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and not God, in the hand of him that pierceth thee.

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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
Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Psalm 17:13
Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;
Jeremiah 51:20
Thou art my maul, my weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;
Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou then say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and not God, in the hand of him that pierceth thee.
Romans 9:20
Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

General references

Exodus 9:17
Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
1 Corinthians 1:29
so that no flesh should boast before God.