Proverbs 16:33
Lots be sent into the bosom; but they be tempered of the Lord. (Lots can be cast into the lap; but they shall be decided, or determined, by the Lord.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 26:55so only that (the) lot part the land to lineages and to families.
Joshua 18:5Part ye the land to you into seven parts (or Divide ye up the land among you into seven parts); Judah be in his terms at the south coast, and the house of Joseph at the north;
Judges 20:9but we shall do this thing in common against Gibeah.
1 Samuel 14:42And Saul said, Send ye lot betwixt me and Jonathan my son, (or And Saul said, Cast ye the lot or Throw ye the lot between me and my son Jonathan). And Jonathan was taken.
Proverbs 18:18Lot ceaseth against-sayings; and deemeth also among mighty men. (Casting lots ceaseth arguments; and also judgeth, or decideth, among the mighty.)
Jonah 1:7And a man said to his fellows, Come ye, and cast we lots, and know we, why this evil is to us. And they cast lots, and lot fell on Jonah. (And a man said to his fellows, Come ye, and cast we lots, and then we shall know, why this evil hath come 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 →