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What prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
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.
It may be the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD your God has heard: therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
from I Kings 8:38
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, so that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
from Isaiah 37:4
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
from Isaiah 36:20
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
from II Chronicles 32:19
But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.
from Isaiah 2:8
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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, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
from I Corinthians 8:4
And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
from Isaiah 44:24
Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
from Psalms 149:1
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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.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats me, even he shall live by me.
from I John 4:9 · a strong link
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
from John 6:57
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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.
But the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
from I John 2:27 · a strong link
For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.
from John 14:26
He said to them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
from Mark 12:36
The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue.
from Matthew 22:43
Therefore (as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear his voice,
from II Samuel 23:2
To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
from Hebrews 3:7 · 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
Shepherd the flock of God among you, taking its oversight, not by constraint, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but of a ready mind;
from Acts 20:28 · a strong link
Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not greedy;
from I Peter 5:2
To speak evil of no man, to be not quarrelsome, but gentle, showing all meekness to all men.
from I Timothy 3:3
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
from Titus 3:2
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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.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the inmost thoughts, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
from I Chronicles 29:17 · a strong link
Also to you, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to every man according to his work.
from Jeremiah 17:10 · a strong link
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, patience, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
from Psalms 62:12
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
from Psalms 86:15
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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:
That you put off your old self, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
from I Corinthians 5:7
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, orgies, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries:
from Ephesians 4:22 · a strong link
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men everywhere to repent:
from I Peter 4:3
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from I Kings 8:38 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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