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Proverbios 18:18
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La suerte pone fin a las contiendas y decide entre los poderosos.
La suerte pone fin a los pleitos, y decide entre los poderosos.
La suerte pone fin a los pleitos, y desparte los fuertes.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 16:33, Joshua 14:2, 1 Samuel 10:21-27, 1 Samuel 14:42, 1 Chronicles 6:63, 1 Chronicles 24:31, Nehemiah 11:1
Reciprocal: Numbers 26:55 - by lot Joshua 18:6 - that I may cast Joshua 18:10 - cast lots Joshua 21:8 - by lot Nehemiah 10:34 - cast
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 great power and authority, and of great riches and affluence; and so in a capacity of contending with each other, and of prolonging the contention, which may be attended with bad consequences; and who are not easily dissuaded from it: or it may intend such who most vehemently disagree; persons of great spirits, who are obstinate and stubborn, and will by no means yield, and there is no parting them by arguments or legal decisions; these the lot parts, and causes them to cease from their quarrels and contentions, and to rest satisfied with the distributions the lot makes to them; as the children of Israel were with their portion of the land of Canaan, assigned them by lot.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare Proverbs 16:33 note. A tacit appeal to the Divine Judge gave a fairer prospect of a just decision than corruption Proverbs 18:16 or hasty onesidedness Proverbs 18:17.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:18. The lot causeth contentions to cease — Proverbs 16:33.
