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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And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that plundered them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were devoted to destruction: neither will I be with you any more, except you destroy what is devoted to destruction from among you.
from Judges 2:14
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and struck them, and defeated them, even to Hormah.
from Joshua 7:12 · a strong link
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah.
from Numbers 14:45 · a strong link
They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
from Deuteronomy 1:44 · a strong link
We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all your petitions.
from Psalms 118:12
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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.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
from I Corinthians 8:4
Therefore he is able also to save them completely that come to God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.
from I Timothy 2:5 · a strong link
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you have given me; for they are yours.
from Hebrews 7:25
At that day you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you:
from John 17:9
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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.
Even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
from I John 3:16
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
from Matthew 20:28
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
from Ephesians 1:7 · 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.
For the truth’s sake, which dwells in us, and shall be with us for ever.
from I John 2:27
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
from II John 1:2
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
from I John 1:8 · a strong link
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
from Isaiah 53:6 · a strong link
For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
from Psalms 119:176
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
from Luke 19:10 · a strong link
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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
That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
from Ephesians 3:5 · a strong link
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
from II Peter 3:2
Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
from II Peter 2:21
Was then that which is good made death to me? By no means. But sin, so that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
from James 4:17
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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
But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving devotion, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
from I Chronicles 28:9 · a strong link
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
from Jeremiah 9:24 · a strong link
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
from Galatians 6:14
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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:
But God judges those outside. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
from I Corinthians 5:7
Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she has committed folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father’s house: so shall you put evil away from among you.
from I Corinthians 5:13
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
from Deuteronomy 22:21
Every verse the cross-references reach from Judges 2:14 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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