Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

Isaiah 10:5

Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!

Romans 9:20-21

But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

Isaiah 45:9

"Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?

Psalm 17:13-14

Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,

Isaiah 29:16

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

Jeremiah 51:20-23

"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?

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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, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
Jeremiah 51:20
"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?
Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

General references

Exodus 9:17
You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.
1 Corinthians 1:29
so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

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