Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lots' occurs 31 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lots' in the standard works and contain 25.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jonah 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 27:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:24 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Chr. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

 26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 8 25
Lev. 1 0 1
Josh. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 4 0 4
Neh. 2 0 2
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 0 1 1
Jer. 0 1 1
Ezek. 0 4 4
Hosea 0 1 1
Joel 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 7 4 11
BM 1 10 11
DC 6 0 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 31 22 53

1 Chr. 24:31
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.

1 Chr. 25:8
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chr. 26:13
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

1 Chr. 26:14
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.