And the Lord said to Gideon, The people with you [are] many, so that I may not deliver Midian into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against Me, saying, My hand has saved me.

And Elijah said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one bull, and dress it first, for you [are] many; and call on the name of your god; but apply no fire.

Shall the ax glorify itself without him that chops with it? Or shall the saw lift itself up without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod or staff? But it shall not be so;