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For the LORD your God blesses you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.
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.
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
from Deuteronomy 15:6
The LORD shall open to you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in his season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
from Deuteronomy 28:44
And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
from Deuteronomy 28:12 · a strong link
He that has pity upon the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
from Deuteronomy 14:29
He that gives to the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
from Proverbs 19:17 · a strong link
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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.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
from I Corinthians 8:4
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
from I Timothy 2:5 · a strong link
Neither is there any umpire between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
from Galatians 3:20
If I speak of strength, look, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
from Job 9:33
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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.
He who says that he remains in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
from I John 3:16
He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
from I John 2:6
He who says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.
from I John 2:4
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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.
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
from I John 2:27
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
from John 16:13 · a strong link
I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
from John 7:16
They are of the world: therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
from John 17:14
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
from I John 4:5
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.
from II Timothy 4:3
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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.
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
from I Corinthians 12:28 · a strong link
And we beg you, brothers, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
from Hebrews 13:17
For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge you them that are such.
from I Thessalonians 5:12
That I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
from I Corinthians 16:18
Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord: refresh my heart in the Lord.
from Romans 15:32
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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.
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searches the inmost thoughts and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.
from Hebrews 4:12 · a strong link
But, O LORD of hosts, that try the righteous, and see the inmost thoughts and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I opened my cause.
from Revelation of John 2:23 · a strong link
For he has delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye has seen his desire upon my enemies.
from Jeremiah 20:12 · a strong link
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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:
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
from I Corinthians 5:7
Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
from I Corinthians 15:3
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 Galatians 1:4
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Deuteronomy 15:6 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.
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