Verse 7

And they said{H559}{(H8799)} every one{H376} to his fellow{H7453}, Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let us cast{H5307}{(H8686)} lots{H1486}, that we may know{H3045}{(H8799)} for whose cause{H7945} this evil{H7451} is upon us. So they cast{H5307}{(H8686)} lots{H1486}, and the lot{H1486} fell{H5307}{(H8799)} upon Jonah{H3124}.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 7:10 : 10 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, Get thee up{H6965}{(H8798)}; wherefore liest{H5307}{(H8802)} thou thus upon thy face{H6440}?
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot{H1486} is cast{H2904}{(H8714)} into the lap{H2436}; but the whole disposing{H4941} thereof is of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 1 Sam 10:20-21 : 20 And when Samuel{H8050} had caused all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to come near{H7126}{(H8686)}, the tribe{H7626} of Benjamin{H1144} was taken{H3920}{(H8735)}. 21 When he had caused the tribe{H7626} of Benjamin{H1144} to come near{H7126}{(H8686)} by their families{H4940}, the family{H4940} of Matri{H4309} was taken{H3920}{(H8735)}, and Saul{H7586} the son{H1121} of Kish{H7027} was taken{H3920}{(H8735)}: and when they sought{H1245}{(H8762)} him, he could not be found{H4672}{(H8738)}.
  • Acts 1:23-26 : 23 And{G2532} they appointed{G2476}{(G5627)} two{G1417}, Joseph{G2501} called{G2564}{(G5746)} Barsabas{G923}, who{G3739} was surnamed{G1941}{(G5681)} Justus{G2459}, and{G2532} Matthias{G3159}. 24 And{G2532} they prayed{G4336}{(G5666)}, and said{G2036}{(G5627)}, Thou{G4771}, Lord{G2962}, which knowest the hearts{G2589} of all{G3956} men, shew{G322}{(G5657)} whether{G3739}{G1520} of{G1537} these{G5130} two{G1417} thou hast chosen{G1586}{(G5668)}, 25 That he may take{G2983}{(G5629)} part{G2819} of this{G5026} ministry{G1248} and{G2532} apostleship{G651}, from{G1537} which{G3739} Judas{G2455} by transgression fell{G3845}{(G5627)}, that he might go{G4198}{(G5677)} to{G1519} his own{G2398} place{G5117}. 26 And{G2532} they gave forth{G1325}{(G5656)} their{G846} lots{G2819}; and{G2532} the lot{G2819} fell{G4098}{(G5627)} upon{G1909} Matthias{G3159}; and{G2532} he was numbered{G4785}{(G5681)} with{G3326} the eleven{G1733} apostles{G652}.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if ye will not do so{H6213}{(H8799)}, behold, ye have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068}: and be sure{H3045}{(H8798)} your sin{H2403} will find you out{H4672}{(H8799)}.
  • Josh 7:13-18 : 13 Up{H6965}{(H8798)}, sanctify{H6942}{(H8761)} the people{H5971}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Sanctify{H6942}{(H8690)} yourselves against to morrow{H4279}: for thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, There is an accursed thing{H2764} in the midst{H7130} of thee, O Israel{H3478}: thou canst{H3201}{(H8799)} not stand{H6965}{(H8800)} before{H6440} thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, until ye take away{H5493}{(H8687)} the accursed thing{H2764} from among{H7130} you. 14 In the morning{H1242} therefore ye shall be brought{H7126}{(H8738)} according to your tribes{H7626}: and it shall be, that the tribe{H7626} which the LORD{H3068} taketh{H3920}{(H8799)} shall come{H7126}{(H8799)} according to the families{H4940} thereof; and the family{H4940} which the LORD{H3068} shall take{H3920}{(H8799)} shall come{H7126}{(H8799)} by households{H1004}; and the household{H1004} which the LORD{H3068} shall take{H3920}{(H8799)} shall come{H7126}{(H8799)} man{H1397} by man{H1397}. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken{H3920}{(H8737)} with the accursed thing{H2764} shall be burnt{H8313}{(H8735)} with fire{H784}, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed{H5674}{(H8804)} the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}, and because he hath wrought{H6213}{(H8804)} folly{H5039} in Israel{H3478}. 16 So Joshua{H3091} rose up early{H7925}{(H8686)} in the morning{H1242}, and brought{H7126}{(H8686)} Israel{H3478} by their tribes{H7626}; and the tribe{H7626} of Judah{H3063} was taken{H3920}{(H8735)}: 17 And he brought{H7126}{(H8686)} the family{H4940} of Judah{H3063}; and he took{H3920}{(H8799)} the family{H4940} of the Zarhites{H2227}: and he brought{H7126}{(H8686)} the family{H4940} of the Zarhites{H2227} man{H1397} by man{H1397}; and Zabdi{H2067} was taken{H3920}{(H8735)}: 18 And he brought{H7126}{(H8686)} his household{H1004} man{H1397} by man{H1397}; and Achan{H5912}, the son{H1121} of Carmi{H3756}, the son{H1121} of Zabdi{H2067}, the son{H1121} of Zerah{H2226}, of the tribe{H4294} of Judah{H3063}, was taken{H3920}{(H8735)}.
  • 1 Sam 14:41-42 : 41 Therefore Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, Give{H3051}{(H8798)} a perfect{H8549} lot. And Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3129} were taken{H3920}{(H8735)}: but the people{H5971} escaped{H3318}{(H8804)}. 42 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Cast{H5307}{(H8685)} lots between me and Jonathan{H3129} my son{H1121}. And Jonathan{H3129} was taken{H3920}{(H8735)}.
  • Esth 3:7 : 7 In the first{H7223} month{H2320}, that is, the month{H2320} Nisan{H5212}, in the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325}, they cast{H5307}{(H8689)} Pur{H6332}, that is, the lot{H1486}, before{H6440} Haman{H2001} from day{H3117} to day{H3117}, and from month{H2320} to month{H2320}, to the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} month, that is, the month{H2320} Adar{H143}.
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say{H559}{(H8799)} unto God{H433}, Do not condemn{H7561}{(H8686)} me; shew{H3045}{(H8685)} me wherefore thou contendest{H7378}{(H8799)} with me.
  • Ps 22:18 : 18 They part{H2505}{(H8762)} my garments{H899} among them, and cast{H5307}{(H8686)} lots{H1486} upon my vesture{H3830}.
  • Josh 22:16-20 : 16 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the whole congregation{H5712} of the LORD{H3068}, What trespass{H4604} is this that ye have committed{H4603}{(H8804)} against the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, to turn away{H7725}{(H8800)} this day{H3117} from following{H310} the LORD{H3068}, in that ye have builded{H1129}{(H8800)} you an altar{H4196}, that ye might rebel{H4775}{(H8800)} this day{H3117} against the LORD{H3068}? 17 Is the iniquity{H5771} of Peor{H6465} too little{H4592} for us, from which we are not cleansed{H2891}{(H8694)} until this day{H3117}, although there was a plague{H5063} in the congregation{H5712} of the LORD{H3068}, 18 But that ye must turn away{H7725}{(H8799)} this day{H3117} from following{H310} the LORD{H3068}? and it will be, seeing ye rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} to day{H3117} against the LORD{H3068}, that to morrow{H4279} he will be wroth{H7107}{(H8799)} with the whole congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478}. 19 Notwithstanding{H389}, if the land{H776} of your possession{H272} be unclean{H2931}, then pass ye over{H5674}{(H8798)} unto the land{H776} of the possession{H272} of the LORD{H3068}, wherein the LORD'S{H3068} tabernacle{H4908} dwelleth{H7931}{(H8804)}, and take possession{H270}{(H8734)} among{H8432} us: but rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} not against the LORD{H3068}, nor{H408} rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} against us, in building{H1129}{(H8800)} you an altar{H4196} beside{H1107} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}. 20 Did not Achan{H5912} the son{H1121} of Zerah{H2226} commit{H4603}{(H8804)} a trespass{H4604} in the accursed thing{H2764}, and wrath{H7110} fell{H1961}{(H8804)} on all the congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478}? and that man{H376} perished{H1478}{(H8804)} not alone{H259} in his iniquity{H5771}.
  • Judg 7:13-14 : 13 And when Gideon{H1439} was come{H935}{(H8799)}, behold, there was a man{H376} that told{H5608}{(H8764)} a dream{H2472} unto his fellow{H7453}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, I dreamed{H2492}{(H8804)} a dream{H2472}, and, lo, a cake{H6742}{(H8675)}{H6742} of barley{H8184} bread{H3899} tumbled{H2015}{(H8693)} into the host{H4264} of Midian{H4080}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} unto a tent{H168}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} it that it fell{H5307}{(H8799)}, and overturned{H2015}{(H8799)}{H4605} it, that the tent{H168} lay along{H5307}{(H8804)}. 14 And his fellow{H7453} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, This is nothing else save the sword{H2719} of Gideon{H1439} the son{H1121} of Joash{H3101}, a man{H376} of Israel{H3478}: for into his hand{H3027} hath God{H430} delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} Midian{H4080}, and all the host{H4264}.
  • Judg 20:9-9 : 9 But now this shall be the thing{H1697} which we will do{H6213}{(H8799)} to Gibeah{H1390}; we will go up by lot{H1486} against it; 10 And we will take{H3947}{(H8804)} ten{H6235} men{H582} of an hundred{H3967} throughout all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, and an hundred{H3967} of a thousand{H505}, and a thousand{H505} out of ten thousand{H7233}, to fetch{H3947}{(H8800)} victual{H6720} for the people{H5971}, that they may do{H6213}{(H8800)}, when they come{H935}{(H8800)} to Gibeah{H1387} of Benjamin{H1144}, according to all the folly{H5039} that they have wrought{H6213}{(H8804)} in Israel{H3478}.
  • Acts 13:19 : 19 And{G2532} when he had destroyed{G2507}{(G5631)} seven{G2033} nations{G1484} in{G1722} the land{G1093} of Chanaan{G5477}, he divided{G2624} their{G846} land{G1093} to them{G846} by lot{G2624}{(G5656)}.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore{G5620} judge{G2919}{(G5720)} nothing{G3361}{G5100} before{G4253} the time{G2540}, until{G2193}{G302} the Lord{G2962} come{G2064}{(G5632)}, who{G3739} both{G2532} will bring to light{G5461}{(G5692)} the hidden things{G2927} of darkness{G4655}, and{G2532} will make manifest{G5319}{(G5692)} the counsels{G1012} of the hearts{G2588}: and{G2532} then{G5119} shall every man{G1538} have{G1096}{(G5695)} praise{G1868} of{G575} God{G2316}.
  • 1 Sam 14:38-39 : 38 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Draw ye near{H5066}{(H8798)} hither{H1988}, all the chief{H6438} of the people{H5971}: and know{H3045}{(H8798)} and see{H7200}{(H8798)} wherein{H4100} this sin{H2403} hath been this day{H3117}. 39 For, as the LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, which saveth{H3467}{(H8688)} Israel{H3478}, though it be{H3426} in Jonathan{H3129} my son{H1121}, he shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} die{H4191}{(H8799)}. But there was not a man among all the people{H5971} that answered{H6030}{(H8802)} him.
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They helped{H5826}{(H8799)} every one{H376} his neighbour{H7453}; and every one said{H559}{(H8799)} to his brother{H251}, Be of good courage{H2388}{(H8798)}. 7 So the carpenter{H2796} encouraged{H2388}{(H8762)} the goldsmith{H6884}{(H8802)}, and he that smootheth{H2505}{(H8688)} with the hammer{H6360} him that smote{H1986}{(H8802)} the anvil{H6471}, saying{H559}{(H8802)}, It is ready{H2896} for the sodering{H1694}: and he fastened{H2388}{(H8762)} it with nails{H4548}, that it should not be moved{H4131}{(H8735)}.
  • Matt 27:35 : 35 And{G1161} they crucified{G4717}{(G5660)} him{G846}, and parted{G1266}{(G5668)} his{G846} garments{G2440}, casting{G906}{(G5723)} lots{G2819}: that{G2443} it might be fulfilled{G4137}{(G5686)} which{G3588} was spoken{G4483}{(G5685)} by{G5259} the prophet{G4396}, They parted{G1266}{(G5668)} my{G3450} garments{G2440} among them{G1438}, and{G2532} upon{G1909} my{G3450} vesture{G2441} did they cast{G906}{(G5627)} lots{G2819}.