 | Matthew Henry - Dissenters, Religious - 1833 - 702 pages
...the thing that is appointed for me, Job xxiii. 14. Does any thing come to pass by chance ? No : for s/ r Dg 9 : ݊ 7 $ 9t chx } f 2( Prov. xvi. 33. Does every thing come to pass as God has ordained it ? Yes : for there are many devices... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Bible - 1833 - 200 pages
...them, drew one out, without being able to know beforehand which it would be. For we read in Proverbs, The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Lots have been used both for good and for bad purposes. They are used for very bad purposes, in lotteries... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he Trill. . 10 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. 11 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 12 All the... | |
 | Robert Sanderson - 1833 - 100 pages
...He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good : and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he." " The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." " The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold : but the Lord trieth the heart." " The name... | |
 | 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. We read... | |
 | E. W. Sprague - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 404 pages
...direct or 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 Casting Lots... | |
 | 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 Ponder the ways... | |
 | 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. Another more... | |
 | Thomas M. Lennon - Philosophy - 1999 - 220 pages
...as the choice of kings or the division of land. The basis for this use is reflected in Proverbs 16: 33: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.' Now, in the seventeenth century, there were two general considerations that were appealed to in the... | |
 | Francine Rivers - Fiction - 2013 - 362 pages
...It's been done this way in Scotland and Wales since time immemorial, and it'll be done just the same. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. It was God's will I am what I am." "It was the will of men, not God." "Ye know not of what ye speak."... | |
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The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. 
