Proverbs 18:18

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

¹⁷ The first to plead his case seems right,
Until another comes and examines him.
¹⁸ The cast lot puts an end to strife
And decides between the mighty ones.
¹⁹ A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.

Cast Lots

Mighty One

Lot

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord.

Joshua 14:2

by the lot of their inheritance, as the Lord commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

1 Samuel 10:21-27

Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.

1 Samuel 14:42

Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.

1 Chronicles 6:63

To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

1 Chronicles 24:31

These also cast lots just as their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of fathers’ households as well as those of his younger brother.

Nehemiah 11:1

Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.