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But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your rulers shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
from Daniel 5:20
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
from Jeremiah 13:18 · a strong link
Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? tell them, Look, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem, and has taken its king, and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon;
from II Kings 24:12
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
from Ezekiel 17:12
Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What do you do?
from Ezekiel 24:19
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to carved images.
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
You shall have no other gods before me.
from Isaiah 42:8 · a strong link
Then says Jesus to him, Get you hence, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.
from Exodus 20:3 · a strong link
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant offering.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
from Ephesians 5:2
Who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
from Hebrews 9:26
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it remain in the vine; no more can you, except you remain in me.
from I John 2:27
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
from John 15:4 · a strong link
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
from Philippians 1:11
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, without reproach; and it shall be given him.
from James 3:17 · a strong link
And whatever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
from James 1:5
And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
from John 14:13 · a strong link
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.
from I Corinthians 12:28
Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
from Acts 20:28
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
from I Corinthians 10:32
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knows; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
from I Timothy 3:5
He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
from I Samuel 3:13
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.
from I Chronicles 29:17 · a strong link
He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, love you me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Love you me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
from I Chronicles 28:9 · a strong link
Jesus answered him, Will you lay down your life for my sake? Truly, truly, I say to you, The cock shall not crow, till you have denied me three times.
from John 21:17 · a strong link
And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, you shall deny me three times.
from John 13:38
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Look, your King!
from I Corinthians 5:7
Then Jesus came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Look, the man!
from John 19:14
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
from John 19:5
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Daniel 5:20 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table