Proverbs 16:33 (BSB)

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:33

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:33: Note, 1. The divine Providence orders and directs those things which to us are perfectly casual and fortuitous. Nothing comes to pass by chance, nor is an event determined by a blind fortune, but every thing by the will and counsel of God. What man has neither eye nor hand in God is intimately concerned in. 2.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:33: Seemingly the most fortuitous events are ordered by God. Next: Proverbs Chapter 17
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 16:33: The lot is cast into the lap; but its whole disposing [is] from the LORD. (p) So that there is nothing that ought to be attributed to fortune: for all things are determined in the counsel of God which will come to pass.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 16:33: Pro 16:33 33 One casts the lot into the lap; But all its decision cometh from Jahve. The Tôra knows only in one instance an ordeal (a judgment of God) as a right means of proof, Num 5:12-31. The lot is nowhere ordained by it, but its use is supported by a custom running parallel with the Mosaic law; it was used not only in...