Proverbs 16:33

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord’s alone.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:1

Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city Jerusalem, while nine-tenths remained in the other towns.

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting the lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

Ezekiel 21:21

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork in the two roads, to use divination; he shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he inspects the liver.

Leviticus 16:8

and Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.

Jonah 1:7

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

Acts 1:26

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Joshua 18:10

and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua apportioned the land to the Israelites, to each a portion.

Joshua 18:5

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

Joshua 7:14

In the morning, therefore, you shall come forward tribe by tribe. The tribe that the Lord takes shall come near by clans, the clan that the Lord takes shall come near by households, and the household that the Lord takes shall come near one by one.

Judges 20:9

But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot.

1 Samuel 10:19

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