I'd just like to point out that there's a technical name for this approach to scriptural interpretation: "bibliomancy".    From Wordnik.com.  [Demystifying the Bible] Reference

Labels: bibliomancy, richard mavis, seedy stories posted by John McGrath @ 2: 48 AM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seedy Stories] Reference

Labels: bibliomancy, richard mavis, seedy stories posted by John McGrath @ 2: 48 AM 1 Comments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference

It's intended as an idea generator, meant to spark thought through permutation, combination, and juxtaposition; a sort of constrained bibliomancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seedy Stories] Reference

It was traditional bibliomancy called estekhareh, disdained by some clerics as irrational and akin to spiritual gambling, but a method sometimes used by Supreme Leader Khamenei.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let the Swords Encircle Me] Reference

Outside his work his tastes lay in the direction of botany and bibliomancy, which latter, according to the dictionary, is "Divination performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917] Reference

Just like one can gain inspiration for the solution to a problem in science or mathematics in a dream or a vision, one can gain it from using arbitrary forms of numerology or even games of chance (tarot, throwing dice, bibliomancy, i-ching) -- but to assume that the form and the content are necessarily interrelated is a mistake.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Space] Reference

Reading Lapham’s is like being an observer to the musings of an accomplished collector gripped by bibliomancy during an extended weekend visit to his abode.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the apex] Reference

Here are some of them from the indefinite lexicon: bibliobesity bibliobibuli bibliobibulus bibliobiden biblioblast bibliobore bibliocaper bibliocapitalism bibliocat bibliocharybdis bibliocide biblioclasm biblioclast biblioclastic biblioclept bibliocleptomania bibliocosmetology bibliocsi bibliodast bibliodemon biblioemeril biblioendless bibliofilm bibliofind bibliofun bibliog bibliogenesis bibliogenetic bibliognost bibliognoste bibliognostic bibliogony bibliogram bibliograph bibliographe bibliographee bibliographer bibliographic bibliographical bibliographically bibliographix bibliography bibliohipster biblioholic biblioholism biblioholism biblioholist biblioinsecticide biblioklept bibliokleptomania bibliokleptomaniac bibliolater bibliolatrist bibliolatrous bibliolatry bibliolestes bibliolexicon biblioliar bibliolicious bibliolite bibliological bibliologist bibliology bibliolotgos bibliomancy bibliomane bibliomania bibliomaniac bibliomaniacal bibliomanism bibliomate bibliomation bibliom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bibliotypes] Reference