Proverbs 16:33 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³³The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Proverbs 16:33 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Acts 1:26
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Jonah 1:7
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Proverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
1 Samuel 14:41-42
Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. …

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lord Lot, the Majesty Theology

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 33)

Note, 1. The divine Providence orders and directs those things which to us are perfectly casual and fortuitous. Nothing comes to pass by chance, nor is an event determined by a blind fortune, but every thing by the will and counsel of God. What man has neither eye nor hand in God is intimately concerned in. 2. When solemn appeals are made to Providence by the casting of lots, for the deciding of t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 33)

33. Seemingly the most fortuitous events are ordered by God.