1
It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort,
but on God's mercy.
- Romans 9:16
2
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything,
but only God who makes things grow.
-1 Corinthians 3:7
3
Not that we are competent in ourselves
to claim anything for ourselves,
but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
4
No one from the ease or the west or
from the desert can exalt a man.
But it is God who judges:
He brings one down, he exalts another.
- Psalm 75:6,7