| Benjamin Beddome - 1835 - 764 Seiten
...is he that calleth you, who also will do it 41 SERMON VIII. ON THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE. PROVERBS xvi. 33. — The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord 47 SERMON IX. THE RULE OF THE SACRED WORD. REVELATION ix. 1. — And there was given me a reed 53 SERMON... | |
| Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 Seiten
...paths.' ' For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.' ' The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.' ' How can a man then understand his own way?' If ye forsake the Lord, he will forsake you. But if f... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1835 - 142 Seiten
...the thing that is appointed for me, Job xxiii. 14. Does any thing come to pass by chance ? No : for the lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord, Prov. xvi. 33. Does every thing come to pass as God has ordained it? Yes: for there are. many devices... | |
| Tyndale - 2014 - 406 Seiten
...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. There is often... | |
| B. A. Ramsbottom - 1994 - 364 Seiten
...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 - 1996 - 404 Seiten
...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 - 1997 - 257 Seiten
...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 - 2009 - 260 Seiten
...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 - 1999 - 220 Seiten
...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 - 2013 - 362 Seiten
...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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