Proverbs 18:18 (BSB)

Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.

From Proverbs 18. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 18:18

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 18:18: Note, 1. Contentions commonly happen among the mighty, that are jealous for their honour and right and stand upon the punctilios of both, that are confident of their being able to make their part good and therefore will hardly condescend to the necessary terms of an accommodation; whereas those that are poor are forced to be peaceable, and sit down losers. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 18:18: The lot causeth contentions to cease,.... When a case cannot be determined among parties at variance in a private way, nor in a court of judicature, the lot is cast, and that puts an end to all strife, and makes each party easy; they submit to it, and acquiesce in it; and parteth between the mighty; the kings and princes of the earth; men of...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 18:18: The lot--whose disposal is of God (Pro 16:13), may, properly used, be a right mode of settling disputes.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 18:18: The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. (l) If a controversy cannot otherwise be decided, it is best to cast lots to know whose the thing will be. (m) Appeases their controversy, who are so stout that they cannot otherwise be pacified.