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Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
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.
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even to the greatest is given to greed, from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
from Job 31:10 · a strong link
And their houses shall be turned to others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD.
from Jeremiah 8:10 · a strong link
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has struck them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
from Jeremiah 6:12
I saw the mountains, and, look, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
from Isaiah 5:25
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
from Acts 20:21
Then he went, and took with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation.
from Luke 13:3
And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
from Matthew 12:45
Do you think that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
from Mark 5:9
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
from Matthew 26:53
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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
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in me.
from Acts 2:38 · a strong link
The eyes of your heart being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
from Acts 26:18 · a strong link
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions;
from Ephesians 1:18
Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh?
from Hebrews 10:32
As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
from Galatians 3:3
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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.
Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
from Acts 17:31
And I saw heaven opened, and look, a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war.
from Psalms 96:13 · a strong link
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
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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
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
from Acts 3:6
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.
from Mark 16:17 · a strong link
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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.
To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you in the way.
from Acts 7:51
And the LORD said to Moses, I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stiff-necked people:
from Exodus 33:3 · a strong link
Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stiff-necked people:
from Exodus 32:9 · a strong link
However they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
from Deuteronomy 9:13
For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: look, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
from II Kings 17:14
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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
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
from Romans 11:13
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles in the distance, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
from Romans 15:16
All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see you, when he lifts up a banner on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear.
from Isaiah 66:19
And he will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and they shall come with speed swiftly:
from Isaiah 18:3
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Job 31:10 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