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Verse Proverbs 16:33. _THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP_] On the _lot_,
Numbers 26:55. How far it may be proper _now_ to put difficult matters
to the lot, after earnest prayer and supplication, I cannot...
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DISPOSING - Better, the judgment or sentence which depends upon the
lot. The lots were thrown into the gathered folds of a robe, and then
drawn out. Where everything seemed the merest chance, there th...
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CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD
The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of
Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the
preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
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PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs
16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the
picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
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LOT. stone. See next note.
LAP. bosom (Proverbs 17:23; Proverbs 21:14). The reference is to the
bag of the ephod, in which were the two stones by which Jehovah gave
true judgment or decision. See note...
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_the lap_ from the folds of which it was drawn or shaken out.
_disposing_ Lit. JUDGEMENT. The decision, which when appealed to as
arbiter it pronounces, is not its own but Jehovah's.
The religion of...
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DISCOURSE: 795
GOD IS THE DISPOSER OF ALL EVENTS
Proverbs 16:33. _The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing
thereof is of the Lord_.
THOUGH we would not be unnecessarily fastidious in con...
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THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP— Lots are to be considered in three
different lights; or, more properly, they are of three distinct kinds.
One sort is civil ballotting, of general use in states to preven...
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TEXT Proverbs 16:23-33
23.
The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.
24.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25....
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The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of
the LORD.
THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP; BUT THE WHOLE DISPOSING (LITERALLY,
JUDGMENT) THEREOF IS OF THE LORD. Whatever happens to...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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The lot was put in the folds of the garment and then shaken out
(Judges 1:3; Isaiah 34:17, etc.)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 16
The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s,
the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil
action...
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In the Bible, people sometimes made decisions by lot (that is, by a
game of chance).
Jesus had 12 disciples (special students). One of these was Judas, who
helped to arrest Jesus. Then Judas killed h...
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THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP... — In other words, much that we
attribute to chance is due to the providence of God. (Comp. Matthew
10:29.) This should be an encouragement to trust in Him....
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בַּ֭ † חֵיק יוּטַ֣ל אֶת ־הַ גֹּורָ֑ל...
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is
H...
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Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that
man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is
dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
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CHAPTER XVI.
Lord. So the apostles had recourse to them, (Acts i. 26.) as the
Cophts[Copts?] and Nestorians still do when there is a dispute about
the election of a patriarch. (Renaudot iv. Perpet. i...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! I cannot better direct both your heart and my own, to a
suitable subject for the Lord to bless to our joint reflections, than
what this chapter, both at the opening and close, brin...
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his
steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
trans...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP,.... Of a man's garment, or into his
bosom, or into a hat, cap, urn, or whatsoever he has in his lap, and
from whence it is taken out; which used to be done in choosing
of...
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The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of
the LORD.
Ver. 33. _The lot is cast into the lap._] This sentence at first
sight seems light and unworthy of the place it holds i...
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_The lot is cast into the lap_ As the ancient practice was in dividing
inheritances, and deciding in doubtful cases; _but the whole disposing
thereof is of the Lord_ The event, though casual to men, i...
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V. 33. THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP, apparently at random; BUT THE
WHOLE DISPOSING THEREOF IS OF THE LORD, the decision rests with Him,
for even those events which seem to us most fortuitous and subje...
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THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP; as the ancient practice was in dividing
inheritances, and deciding doubtful things, of which see Numbers 26:55
Joshua 7:16 1 Samuel 10:20,21...
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Proverbs 16:33 lot H1486 cast H2904 (H8714) lap H2436 decision H4941
LORD H3068...
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SOLOMON CONTRASTS THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE PERVERSE AND WORTHLESS MAN WITH
THE LIFE AND ATTITUDES OF THE MAN GROWN OLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHO IS
AN EXEMPLAR OF ALL THE RIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS 16:30 TO PROVERBS...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the
upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in
it....
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Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field
must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of
man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
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_The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of
the Lord._
ALL CONTINGENCIES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE
I. Consider the result of a “lot” in reference to men. Why su...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch.
Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of
the heart (vv....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:33_
THE LOT AND ITS DISPOSER
I. THERE IS A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN THE MIDST OF HIS UNIVERSAL
GOVERNMENT. In nature there is a manifestation of a universal
Provid...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 16:1
These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name
Jehovah.
PROVERBS 16:1
The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any
contrast or a...
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin
our study this evening.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1).
Go...
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1 Samuel 14:41; 1 Samuel 14:42; Acts 1:26; Jonah 1:7; Joshua 18:10;...
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The lot — As the ancient practice was in deciding doubtful things.
The event of which though casual to men, is directed by God's
providence....