Proverbs 16:33
Lots are cast into the lap, but they are tempered by the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 26:55Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families.
Joshua 18:5Divide the land for yourselves into seven parts. Let Judah be its bounds on the southern side, and the house of Joseph to the north.
Judges 20:9But this we shall do in common against Gibeah:
1 Samuel 14:42And Saul said, “Cast lots between myself and Jonathan, my son.” And Jonathan was caught.
Proverbs 18:18Casting a lot suppresses contentions and passes judgment, even among the powerful.
Jonah 1:7And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:33
32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. This recommends the grace of meekness to us, which will well become us all, particularly the hoary head, v. 31 . Observe, 1. The nature of it. It is to be slow to anger, not easily put into a passion, nor apt to resent provocation, taking time to consider before we suffer our passion to break out, that it may not transgress due bounds, so slow in our motions towards anger that we may be quickly stopped… Read the whole commentary →