Proverbs 16:33
The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde.
Bible (Bishops')
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
Judges 20:9But this shalbe it that we will do to Gibea: [we will go vp] by lot against it:
Proverbs 18:18The lot causeth variaunce to ceasse: and parteth the mightie a sunder.
Jonah 1:7And they saide euery one to his felow, Come, let vs cast lottes: that we may know for whose cause this euil is on vs. And they cast lottes: and the lotte fel on Ionas.
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 →