LUCK & CHANCE
Ecclesiastes 9:11 - I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.Acts 1:26
Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver.
Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
“Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” So this is what the soldiers did.
Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles. This is the last time casting lots is mentioned in the Bible.
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