What does the Bible say about casting lots?

17 verses about casting lots, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about casting lots

1. Proverbs 16:33 — The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. 4 votes
2. Proverbs 18:18 — The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. 4 votes
3. Acts 1:26 — And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 4 votes
4. Leviticus 16:8 — And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 3 votes
5. Psalms 22:18 — They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 3 votes
6. Jonah 1:7 — And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 3 votes
7. Matthew 27:35 — And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 3 votes
8. Mark 15:24 — And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 3 votes
9. Numbers 26:55 — Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 2 votes
10. Joshua 18:10 — And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. 2 votes
11. 1 Samuel 14:42 — And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 2 votes
12. 1 Chronicles 24:5 — Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 2 votes
13. Nehemiah 10:34 — And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: 2 votes
14. Esther 3:7 — In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. 2 votes
15. Luke 1:9 — According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. 2 votes
16. Luke 23:34 — Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. 2 votes
17. John 19:24 — They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Proverbs (2), Luke (2), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Esther (1), Psalms (1), Jonah (1), Matthew (1) and 3 more

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