Isaiah 10:15

Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.

Isaiah 10:5

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

Romans 9:20-21

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who strives with his Maker -- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'

Psalm 17:13-14

Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

Isaiah 29:16

You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding?"

Jeremiah 51:20-23

You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds 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
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Psalm 17:13
Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
Jeremiah 51:20
You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
Romans 9:20
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"

General references

Exodus 9:17
as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
1 Corinthians 1:29
that no flesh should boast before God.