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Look, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you.
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.
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
from Job 33:7
Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
from Job 9:34
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
from Job 13:11
My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
from Job 31:23
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
And this is the testimony, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
from Acts 20:21
For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself;
from I John 5:11
Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.
from John 5:26
For as the Father raises up the dead, and gives them life; even so the Son gives life to whom he will.
from John 14:6 · a strong link
And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
from John 5:21
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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
Then said Paul, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
from Acts 2:38 · a strong link
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
from Acts 19:4
And preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
from John 1:27
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think you that I am? I am not he. But, look, there comes one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
from Mark 1:7
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
from Acts 13:25
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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
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things says he who is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens;
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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
Then some of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.
from Acts 3:6
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the most high God? I adjure you by God, that you torment me not.
from Acts 19:13
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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.
But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
from Acts 7:51
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
from Acts 7:27
He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill;
from Acts 7:35
Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?
from Psalms 113:7
Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
from James 2:5 · 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
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
from Acts 9:15 · a strong link
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
from Galatians 1:15 · a strong link
Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when yet there was none of them.
from Jeremiah 1:5 · a strong link
You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book?
from Psalms 139:16 · a strong link
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not keep silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
from Psalms 56:8 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Job 33:7 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