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.
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For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Look, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of merriment, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of merriment, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
from Jeremiah 16:9 · a strong link
For thus has the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
from Jeremiah 7:34
Nevertheless in those days, says the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
from Jeremiah 4:27 · a strong link
Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
from Jeremiah 5:18
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.
from Acts 20:21
And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
from II Corinthians 7:10 · a strong link
And the man that commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
from II Samuel 12:13
Neither shall you commit adultery.
from Leviticus 20:10
You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother.
from Deuteronomy 5:18
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Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
from Acts 13:38
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
from Acts 2:38
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
from Matthew 3:8
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
from Jeremiah 36:3
Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
from Mark 4:12 · a strong link
And with all wicked deception in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.
from Deuteronomy 29:4
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Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
from Acts 17:31
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
from Romans 2:16 · a strong link
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men everywhere to repent:
from Ecclesiastes 12:14
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For truly against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
from Acts 4:30
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor bronze in your purses,
from Acts 3:6
And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, neither poles, nor pouch, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
from Matthew 10:9
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You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
from Acts 7:51
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
from Philippians 3:3
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
from Galatians 6:13
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
from I Corinthians 3:21 · a strong link
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
from Romans 8:32 · a strong link
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
from Acts 22:21 · a strong link
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:
from Acts 9:15
To reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach him among the pagans; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
from Romans 11:13
And Jesus answered him, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father in heaven.
from Galatians 1:16 · a strong link
At that time Jesus answered, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
from Matthew 16:17 · a strong link
I thank you, and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have made known to me now what we desired of you: for you have now made known to us the king’s matter.
from Matthew 11:25
Every verse the cross-references reach from Jeremiah 16:9 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