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They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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.
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
from Lamentations 3:53
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
from Daniel 6:17
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
from Acts 16:23
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Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
from Leviticus 10:3
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to the LORD.
from Leviticus 21:6 · a strong link
Command the children of Israel, and say to them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a pleasing aroma to me, shall you observe to offer to me in their due season.
from Leviticus 3:11
And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more everything living, as I have done.
from Numbers 28:2
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
from Genesis 8:21
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
from John 3:6
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Now to him that is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
from Jude 1:24
Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
from I Peter 4:13
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
from I Peter 1:5
And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
from Jude 1:1
Judas says to him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?
from Luke 6:16
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Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
from Jude 1:11
That you abstain from foods offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from sexual immorality: from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Farewell.
from Revelation of John 2:14 · a strong link
Look Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
from Acts 15:29
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found?
from I Corinthians 10:18
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
And every creature in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be to him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever.
from Luke 2:14
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.
I have made the earth, the man and the beast upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed meet to me.
from I Chronicles 29:11
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And shall not God give justice to his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them?
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great reward.
from Luke 18:7
For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty;
from Hebrews 10:35
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
from Hebrews 2:2 · a strong link
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
from Acts 7:53
Look, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God,
from Galatians 6:13
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust.
from Romans 2:17
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If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
from Luke 14:26 · a strong link
Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifies.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now has come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
from Romans 8:33 · a strong link
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, look, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
from Luke 22:31
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Lamentations 3:53 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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