Proverbs 16:33
In the lap the lot is cast: but from the Lord cometh the whole of its decision.
Leeser Tanakh
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 26:55Nevertheless, through the lot shall the land be divided: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they obtain their inheritance.
Joshua 18:5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall remain on his boundary at the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain on their boundary at the north.
Judges 20:9And now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gib'ah: We will go up against it by lot;
1 Samuel 14:42And Saul said, Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was seized.
Proverbs 18:18The lot causeth disputes to cease, and it decideth between the mighty.
Jonah 1:7And they said one to the other, Come, and let us cast lots; that we may know for whose cause this evil hath happened unto 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 →