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There is no peace, says the LORD, to the wicked.
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.
The wicked man labors with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
from Isaiah 48:22
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
from Job 15:20
Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;
from Job 27:13
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
from Job 20:19
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
from Proverbs 14:31 · 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.
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
It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:
from Isaiah 44:24
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
from Isaiah 40:22
Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
from Job 36:29 · 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.
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,
from John 13:34
That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
from Galatians 5:22 · a strong link
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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 you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
from I John 2:27 · a strong link
But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
from I John 2:20
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
from I Corinthians 2:15
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 Proverbs 28:5
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you:
from James 1:5 · a strong link
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut to the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I do not know where you are from:
from Matthew 7:7
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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.
Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
from I Corinthians 12:28
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone;
from Ephesians 3:5
This is the stone which was set at nothing of you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
from Ephesians 2:20
The stone which the builders refused has become the head stone of the corner.
from Acts 4:11 · a strong link
To whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
from Psalms 118:22 · a strong link
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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
And the LORD said to Moses, Look, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and prostitute themselves after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
from I Chronicles 28:9
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:
from Deuteronomy 31:16
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
from Acts 13:36 · 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:
That you put off your old self, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
from I Corinthians 5:7
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
from Ephesians 4:22
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and sensuality, not in strife and envying.
from II Peter 2:13 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Isaiah 48:22 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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