 | Richard BOYS - 1838 - 262 pages
...not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? (Acts xvii. 24— 26.}— Prov. xvi. 33. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. — Epli. i. 11. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, heing predestinated... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...slow to anger i'j better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof ij of the LORD. CHAPTER 17 BETTER IS a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1988 - 324 pages
...heart, tongue, and ear of man, read 16:14; 20:12. As to all the affairs concerning our individual life, "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord" (16:33). As our Redeemer He is mighty to save and keep (23:11). It is His glory to... | |
 | Jon Elster - Education - 1989 - 248 pages
...different interpretation of selection by lot, as the revelation of God's will. Proverbs 16:33 has it that 'the lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord'. From the Old Testament until the early modern age, divinatory, divisory and consultory... | |
 | Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner - Business & Economics - 1990 - 302 pages
...notions of chance and divine will discussed in Chapter 1. Let us recall briefly the main argument. "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord" was the biblical explanation of the casting of lots in Proverbs 16:33. This statement... | |
 | Tyndale - Religion - 2014 - 406 pages
...as the Old Testament and were employed when important decisions were required. Proverbs 16:33 says: "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD" (KJV) . It was supposed that God, who is sovereign, was behind the way the lot fell.... | |
 | B. A. Ramsbottom - Strict Baptists - 1994 - 364 pages
...should probably have hearkened to their entreaties. But I believe that in this, as in all other things, "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." I found among the Methodists some of the kindest of friends and the choicest of companions.... | |
 | E. W. Sprague - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 404 pages
...indirect, prevailed extensively. The religious estimate of them may be gathered from Prov. XVI., 33 : "The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." Does modern Christianity teach this ? and do modernday Christians believe it? Practice... | |
 | Stefan Heym - Fiction - 1997 - 257 pages
...understanding shall keep you: to deliver you from the way of evil men, from the man that speaks froward things. The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. ON GOING TO FIND TAMAR THE DAUGHTER OF DAVID AND POSSIBLY SEARCHING AFTER OTHER TRUTHS... | |
 | Deborah J. Bennett - Philosophy - 2009 - 260 pages
...mechanism, such as lots, might have been used to make lifeand-death decisions. According to Proverbs 16:33, "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord," that is, divine will directed the fall of the lot. This was a notion rarely questioned.... | |
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The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. 
