Shall the ax vaunt itself over the one who wields it or the saw magnify itself against the one who handles it? As if a rod should raise the one who lifts it up, or as if a staff should lift the one who is not wood!

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Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

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Romans 15:17

In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for God.

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Romans 3:19

Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

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Romans 3:27

Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? That of works? No, rather through the law of faith.

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Romans 4:2

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

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1 Corinthians 1:31

in order that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive?

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