Proverbs 16:33

World English Bible (2000)

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 18:10 : 10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • 1 Sam 14:41-42 : 41 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Show the right." Jonathan and Saul were chosen; but the people escaped. 42 Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." Jonathan was selected.
  • Neh 11:1 : 1 The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.
  • Prov 18:18 : 18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
  • Jonah 1:7 : 7 They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
  • Acts 1:26 : 26 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
  • Num 26:55-65 : 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer." 57 These are those who were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. 62 Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  • Josh 7:14 : 14 "'In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near man by man.
  • Josh 18:5 : 5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.
  • Prov 29:26 : 26 Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 18:18
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    18The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.

  • Ps 16:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

    6The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

  • Prov 16:1
    74%

    1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 16:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

    4Yahweh has made everything for its own end-- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • Isa 34:17
    73%

    17He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 16:8-11
    4 verses
    72%

    8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

    9A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

    10Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

    11Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; all the weights in the bag are his work.

  • Prov 29:26
    71%

    26Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.

  • Num 26:56
    70%

    56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer."

  • Prov 1:14
    70%

    14You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."

  • Prov 16:20
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    20He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

  • Prov 19:21
    70%

    21There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's counsel will prevail.

  • Ps 33:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

    11The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

    12Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

  • Prov 21:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

    31The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

  • 1 Chr 26:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

    14The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

  • Ps 125:3
    69%

    3For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Prov 16:32
    69%

    32One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

  • Ps 75:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

    8For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.

  • Ps 37:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

    23A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

  • Prov 20:24
    68%

    24A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

  • Prov 3:33
    68%

    33Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

  • Ps 22:18
    68%

    18They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

  • Ps 37:7
    68%

    7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

  • Jer 13:25
    68%

    25This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

  • Ps 33:15
    68%

    15he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.

  • 1 Chr 25:8
    68%

    8They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

  • Josh 18:6
    68%

    6You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

  • Mic 2:5
    68%

    5Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of Yahweh.

  • Ps 115:16
    68%

    16The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.

  • Lam 3:37
    68%

    37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

  • Ps 37:5
    67%

    5Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

  • Job 20:29
    67%

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."

  • Job 37:12
    67%

    12It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

  • Ps 118:8
    67%

    8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

  • Job 23:13
    67%

    13But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

  • Matt 27:35
    67%

    35When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,