Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or, the saw, magnify itself, against him that wieldeth it? As if a rod, could wield, them who lift it up! As if a staff, could raise, what is, not wood!

Isaiah 10:5

Alas! for Assyria, the rod of mine anger, - Yea, the very staff in their hand, is, my displeasure:

Romans 9:20-21

O man! Who, nevertheless, art, thou, that art answering again unto God? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it - Why didst thou make me thus?

Isaiah 45:9

Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner, - A potsherd, should contend with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by the clay, unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or, thy work say, of thee, He hath no hands?

Psalm 17:13-14

Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one who is thy sword:

Isaiah 29:16

Your perverseness! As if like clay, the potter could he reckoned; For shall, the thing made say of him that made it, he made me not? Or hath the thing fashioned ever said of him that fashioned it, He hath no understanding.

Jeremiah 51:20-23

A war-club, art thou for me, Weapons of war; Therefore will I Beat down with thee - nations, and Destroy with thee - kingdoms;

Ezekiel 28:9

Wilt thou really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing h 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
Alas! for Assyria, the rod of mine anger, - Yea, the very staff in their hand, is, my displeasure:
Psalm 17:13
Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one who is thy sword:
Jeremiah 51:20
A war-club, art thou for me, Weapons of war; Therefore will I Beat down with thee - nations, and Destroy with thee - kingdoms;
Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing h thee?
Romans 9:20
O man! Who, nevertheless, art, thou, that art answering again unto God? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it - Why didst thou make me thus?

General references

Exodus 9:17
Even yet, art thou exalting thyself over my people - in not letting them go?
1 Corinthians 1:29
So that no flesh should boast before God.