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Jon 1:7 — And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

every		Jdg 7:13,14; Isa 41:6,7
and let		Jos 7:14-18; Jdg 20:9,10; 1Sa 10:20,21; 1Sa 14:41,42; Est 3:7; Psa 22:18; Pro 16:33; Mat 27:35; Act 1:23-26; Act 13:19
for		Jos 7:10,13; Jos 22:16-20; 1Sa 14:38,39; Job 10:2
and the		Num 32:23; Jos 7:18; 1Cr 4:5

Correlating Passages

every

	Jdg 7:13	And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
	Jdg 7:14	And his fellow answered and said, This [is] nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: [for] into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
	Isa 41:6	They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
	Isa 41:7	So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.

and let

	Jos 7:14	In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, [that] the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families [thereof]; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
	Jos 7:15	And it shall be, [that] he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
	Jos 7:16	So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
	Jos 7:17	And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
	Jos 7:18	And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
	Jdg 20:9	But now this [shall be] the thing which we will do to Gibeah; [we will go up] by lot against it;
	Jdg 20:10	And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
	1Sa 10:20	And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
	1Sa 10:21	When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
	1Sa 14:41	Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
	1Sa 14:42	And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
	Est 3:7	In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar.
	Psa 22:18	They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
	Pro 16:33	The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.
	Mat 27:35	And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
	Act 1:23	And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
	Act 1:24	And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all [men], shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
	Act 1:25	That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
	Act 1:26	And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
	Act 13:19	And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

for

	Jos 7:10	And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
	Jos 7:13	Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
	Jos 22:16	Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is] this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
	Jos 22:17	[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
	Jos 22:18	But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, [seeing] ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
	Jos 22:19	Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
	Jos 22:20	Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
	1Sa 14:38	And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
	1Sa 14:39	For, [as] the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But [there was] not a man among all the people [that] answered him.
	Job 10:2	I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

and the

	Num 32:23	But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
	Jos 7:18	And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
	1Cr 4:5	Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jonah 1:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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