Bible Verses About Casting Lots
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for casting lots, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 41,480 votes, led by Proverbs 16:33. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Casting Lots
Proverbs 16:331,832 votes
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
Acts 1:261,831 votes
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Proverbs 18:181,547 votes
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Matthew 27:351,421 votes
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.
Psalms 22:181,396 votes
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Jonah 1:71,261 votes
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.
Leviticus 16:81,238 votes
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Mark 15:241,153 votes
And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
Esther 3:71,002 votes
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.
Leviticus 16:8-10905 votes
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Joshua 18:10881 votes
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.
Luke 1:9831 votes
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Numbers 26:55782 votes
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
John 19:24771 votes
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.
Luke 23:34719 votes
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
1 Samuel 14:42691 votes
And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
Nehemiah 10:34671 votes
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:
1 Chronicles 24:5666 votes
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.
John 19:23-24612 votes
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
Joel 3:3575 votes
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
1 Chronicles 26:13558 votes
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
Joshua 18:6548 votes
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.
Nehemiah 11:1543 votes
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.
1 Chronicles 25:8512 votes
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1 Chronicles 24:31507 votes
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
What does the Bible say about casting lots?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:33 on the subject of casting lots. Across 41,480 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 1:26, Proverbs 18:18, Matthew 27:35. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.