Isaiah 10:15

"Does the ax exalt itself over the one who swings it? Or does the saw magnify itself in opposition to the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield those who lift it, or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!

Isaiah 10:5

"How terrible it will be for Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club is in their hands!

Romans 9:20-21

On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Isaiah 45:9

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!

Psalm 17:13-14

Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword

Isaiah 29:16

He has turned the tables on you as if the potter were thought to be like heat. Can what is made say of the one who made it, "He did not make me?' Or can what is formed say of the ones who formed it, "He has no skill?'

Jeremiah 51:20-23

"You are my war-club and weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you.

Ezekiel 28:9

Is that when you'll say, "I'm God' to the face of those who will be killing you? After all, you're a man, and have never been a god, especially when you're under the control of those who will defile 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
"How terrible it will be for Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club is in their hands!
Psalm 17:13
Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword
Jeremiah 51:20
"You are my war-club and weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you.
Ezekiel 28:9
Is that when you'll say, "I'm God' to the face of those who will be killing you? After all, you're a man, and have never been a god, especially when you're under the control of those who will defile you!
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded 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 may boast in God's presence.

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