Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
Woe be also unto Assyria, which is a staff of my wrath, in whose hand is the rod of my punishment.
Psalm 17:13
Arise, LORD, disappoint him, and cast him down; deliver my soul with thy sword from the ungodly -
Jeremiah 51:20
Thou breakest my weapons of war, and yet through thee I have scattered the nations and kingdoms;
Ezekiel 28:9
as they that be slain. Let see, if thou wilt say then, before them that slay thee, 'I am God' - whereas thou art but a man and not God, in the hands of them that slayeth thee.
Romans 9:20
But O man what art thou, which disputest with God? Shall the work say to the workman, "Why hast thou made me on this fashion?"
General references
Exodus 9:17
If it be so that thou stoppest my people, that thou wilt not let them go:
1 Corinthians 1:29
that no flesh should rejoice in his presence.