Proverbs 16:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We make our own decisions, but the LORD alone determines what happens.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:1

The nation's leaders and their families settled in Jerusalem. But there was room for only one out of every ten of the remaining families, and so they asked God to show them who would live there.

Proverbs 16:32

Controlling your temper is better than being a hero who captures a city.

Proverbs 18:18

Drawing straws is one-way to settle a difficult case.

Proverbs 29:26

Many try to make friends with a ruler, but justice comes from the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:21

When the Babylonian king stands at that signpost, he will decide which way to go by shaking his arrows, by asking his idols, and by carefully looking at the liver of a sacrificed animal.

Leviticus 16:8

where I will show you which goat will be sacrificed to me and which one will be sent into the desert to the demon Azazel.

Jonah 1:7

Finally, the sailors got together and said, “Let's ask our gods to show us who caused all this trouble.” It turned out to be Jonah.

Acts 1:26

They drew names, and Matthias was chosen to join the group of the eleven apostles.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua found out from the LORD how to divide the land, and he told the tribes what the LORD had decided.

Joshua 7:14

“Tomorrow morning everyone must gather near the place of worship. You will come forward tribe by tribe, and the LORD will show which tribe is guilty. Next, the clans in that tribe must come forward, and the LORD will show which clan is guilty. The families in that clan must come, and the LORD will point out the guilty family. Finally, the men in that family must come,

Judges 20:9

We'll send one tenth of the men from each tribe to get food for the army. And we'll ask God who should attack Gibeah, because those men deserve to be punished for committing such a horrible crime in Israel.”

1 Samuel 10:19

God has rescued you from your troubles and hard times. But you have rejected your God and have asked for a king. Now each tribe and clan must come near the place of worship so the LORD can choose a king.