Proverbs 16:33

Modern English Version

The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision thereof is from the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:1

Now the rulers of the people lived at Jerusalem, so the rest of the people cast lots in order to bring one out of ten to stay in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in other cities.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting lots settles disputes; and keeps the mighty apart.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the favor of a ruler, but justice for man comes from the Lord.

Ezekiel 21:21

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: He shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks in the liver.

Leviticus 16:8

Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.

Jonah 1:7

The sailors said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots that we may know on whose account this disaster has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Acts 1:26

Then they cast lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. So he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Joshua 18:10

Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. There Joshua apportioned the land for the Israelites according to their divisions.

Joshua 18:5

They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah will stay in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph will stay in their territory in the north.

Joshua 7:14

“ ‘In the morning you will be brought forward by tribes, and the tribe that the Lord selects by lot shall come forward by clans. The clan that the Lord selects by lot shall come forward by households, and the household that the Lord selects by lot shall come forward man by man.

Judges 20:9

Now this is what we will do to Gibeah. We will go against it by lot.

1 Samuel 10:19

But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and your distresses. And you have said to Him, ‘No, but set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your clans.”