Proverbs 16:33

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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 Jerusalem the holy city, while nine tenths remained in the other towns.

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

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

Proverbs 29:26

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

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 teraphim, he looks at the liver.

Leviticus 16:8

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

Jonah 1:7

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

Acts 1:26

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with 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 people of Israel, to each his portion.

Joshua 18:5

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

Joshua 7:14

In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes; and the tribe which the Lord takes shall come near by families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come near by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come near man by man.

Judges 20:9

But now this is what we will do to Gibe-ah: we will go up against it by lot,

1 Samuel 10:19

But you have this day 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 thousands.”