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And the prophet Gad said to David, Remain not in the stronghold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
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.
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, look, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
from I Samuel 22:5
And the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
from I Chronicles 29:29
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
from I Chronicles 21:9
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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.
I was mute, I opened not my mouth; because you did it.
from Leviticus 10:3
But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
from Psalms 39:9 · a strong link
Then Jesus said to Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
from Job 2:10
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, your will be done.
from John 18:11
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as you will.
from Matthew 26:42 · a strong link
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
from Matthew 26:39 · a strong link
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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
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
from II Timothy 4:18
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul.
from Genesis 48:16
Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation;
from Psalms 121:7 · a strong link
Be my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.
from Psalms 91:9 · a strong link
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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.
Which have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
from Jude 1:11 · a strong link
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
from II Peter 2:15
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
from Proverbs 28:4
And it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
from Psalms 49:18 · a strong link
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves in it.
from Luke 2:14
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
from Psalms 69:34 · a strong link
Sing, O you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
from Isaiah 49:13 · 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?
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great reward.
from Luke 18:7
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect to the recompense of the reward.
from Hebrews 10:35 · a strong link
For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty;
from Hebrews 11:26
If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, man or woman, that has committed wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant,
from Hebrews 2:2
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the things devoted to destruction shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has committed folly in Israel.
from Deuteronomy 17:2
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
from Joshua 7:15
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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.
Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
from Luke 14:26
And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither care you for any man: for you regard not the person of men.
from Deuteronomy 33:9
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
from Matthew 22:16
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trode one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware you of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
from Mark 8:15
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 Luke 12:1
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from I Samuel 22:5 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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