Proverbs 16:33
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.”Proverbs 16:33
What Does Proverbs 16:33 Mean?
Proverbs 16:33 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 16, verse 33 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 16:33 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 18:18“The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.”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.”Acts 1:26“And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.”1 Samuel 14:41“Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.”Proverbs 29:26“Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.”Numbers 26:55“Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.”Joshua 7:14“In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.”Joshua 18:5“And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.”Nehemiah 11:1“And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.”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.”1 Chronicles 25:8“And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.”Ezekiel 21:21“For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.”Leviticus 16:8“And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.”Joshua 14:2“By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.”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.”Genesis 24:44“And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.”Joshua 18:6“Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.”Joshua 21:8“And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.”Judges 20:9“But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;”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.”
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