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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
from Proverbs 9:9 · a strong link
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent you this day to meet me:
from Proverbs 1:5
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brothers.
from I Samuel 25:32
And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
from Genesis 24:27
And blessed be the most high God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
from II Samuel 18:28
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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.
Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
from I Corinthians 8:4
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
from Isaiah 44:24
And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things in it:
from Jeremiah 51:15
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
from Acts 14:15 · a strong link
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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.
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
from Psalms 89:36
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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 this cause we also thank God without ceasing, because, when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which is at work also in you that believe.
from I John 2:27
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
from I Thessalonians 2:13
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
from Acts 16:30
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do?
from Luke 3:10 · a strong link
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
from Acts 2:37
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
from Acts 5:33 · 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.
Greet all your leaders, and all the saints. They of Italy greet you.
from I Corinthians 12:28 · a strong link
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
from Hebrews 13:24 · a strong link
Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
from Hebrews 13:17
But he gives more grace. Therefore he said, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
from I Peter 5:5 · a strong link
When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
from James 4:6 · a strong link
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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.
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
from Hebrews 4:12 · a strong link
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
from Acts 4:31 · a strong link
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.
from Acts 2:2
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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:
The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb mute before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
from I Corinthians 5:7
For even to this were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, so that you should follow his steps:
from Acts 8:32 · a strong link
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
from I Peter 2:21
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Proverbs 9:9 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