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Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, so that they may be saved.
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.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
from I Corinthians 10:33
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
from I Corinthians 10:24 · a strong link
For men shall be lovers of themselves, greedy, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
from Philippians 2:21
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Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
from Leviticus 10:3
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
from Exodus 14:4 · a strong link
And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to your word: that you may know that there is none like to the LORD our God.
from Exodus 7:5
Since there is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.
from Exodus 8:10
Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you.
from Jeremiah 10:6
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
from Isaiah 12:6
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Now to him that is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me to his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
from Jude 1:24
But my horn shall you exalt like the horn of a wild ox: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
from II Timothy 4:18
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
from Psalms 92:10
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the LORD.
from Psalms 75:10
Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none.
from Jeremiah 48:25
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Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
And in process of time it happened, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD.
from Jude 1:11
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you.
from Genesis 4:3
The firstfruit also of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
from Numbers 18:12
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest:
from Deuteronomy 18:4
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
from Luke 2:14
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, says the LORD; and I will heal him.
from Romans 5:1
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are in the distance, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
from Isaiah 57:19 · a strong link
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And shall not God give justice to his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them?
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the director of music upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
from Luke 18:7 · a strong link
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
from Psalms 88:1 · a strong link
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God?
from Psalms 22:2
You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
from Psalms 42:3 · a strong link
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
from Psalms 80:5
My eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
from Psalms 102:9
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If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.
from Luke 14:26 · a strong link
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
from John 12:25
He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white apparel; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
from Revelation of John 3:5 · a strong link
But why do you judge your brother? or why do you set at nothing your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
from Revelation of John 20:12 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from I Corinthians 10:33 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