...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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....

...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....

...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...

...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...

...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....