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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 16:33 Catholic Bible: People cast lots to learn God's will, but God himself determines the answer. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/proverbs/16-33.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/proverbs/16-33.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/proverbs/16-33.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/16.htm">Chapter 16</a> > Verse 33</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/16-32.htm" title="Proverbs 16:32">◄</a> Proverbs 16:33 <a href="../proverbs/17-1.htm" title="Proverbs 17:1">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/proverbs/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/proverbs/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />People cast lots to learn God's will, but God himself determines the answer. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the LORD’s alone.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/proverbs/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />We make our own decisions, but the LORD alone determines what happens. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Into the bag the lot is cast, but from the LORD comes every decision. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../numbers/26-55.htm">Numbers 26:55</a> Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/7-14.htm">Joshua 7:14</a> And you shall come in the morning, every one by your tribes: and what tribe soever the lot shall find, it shall come by its kindreds, and the kindred by its houses and tho house by the men.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/18-5.htm">Joshua 18:5,10</a> Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts: let Juda be in his bounds on the south side, and the house of Joseph on the north. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/14-41.htm">1 Samuel 14:41,42</a> And Saul said to the Lord: O Lord God of Israel, give a sign, by which we may know, what the meaning is, that thou answerest not thy servant to day: If this iniquity be in me, or in my son Jonathan, give a proof: or if this iniquity be in thy people, give holiness. And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people escaped. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1</a> And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jonah/1-7.htm">Jonah 1:7</a> And the ship master came to him and said to him: Why art thou fast asleep? rise up call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us that we may not perish.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/1-26.htm">Acts 1:26</a> And they gave them lot, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/16.htm">The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl">Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.</span><div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../acts/1-26.htm">Acts 1:26</a></span><br />And they gave them lot, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/7-14.htm">Joshua 7:14</a></span><br />And you shall come in the morning, every one by your tribes: and what tribe soever the lot shall find, it shall come by its kindreds, and the kindred by its houses and tho house by the men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/10-19.htm">1 Samuel 10:19</a></span><br />But you this day have rejected your God, who only hath saved you out of all your evils and your tribulations: and you have said: Nay: but set a king over us. Now therefore stand before the Lord by your tribes, and by your families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/16-32.htm">Proverbs 16:32</a></span><br />The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/18-18.htm">Proverbs 18:18</a></span><br />The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/29-26.htm">Proverbs 29:26</a></span><br />Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/21-21.htm">Ezekiel 21:21</a></span><br />For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jonah/1-7.htm">Jonah 1:7</a></span><br />And the ship master came to him and said to him: Why art thou fast asleep? rise up call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us that we may not perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/7-26.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/acts/17-22.htm">Centre</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-14.htm">Chance</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-10.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-31.htm">Disposing</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-10.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-33.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-25.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/psalms/119-128.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Centre</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm">Chance</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-31.htm">Disposing</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-18.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-21.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/songs/5-16.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: but cast decision every from into is its lap LORD lot The<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/proverbs/16-33.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap (Prov. 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