The lists method deprecated since laravel 5.2 version.
The lists
method on the Collection, query builder and Eloquent query builder objects has been renamed to pluck
.
So if you work on laravel 5.2 or newer version you mast use pluck rather then lists
method.
Laravel 5.1 or older version -
$roles = Role::lists('name', 'id');
Laravel 5.2 or newer version -
$roles = Role::pluck('name', 'id');