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But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.
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.
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
from Psalms 68:3
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
from Psalms 64:10
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
from Psalms 58:10
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
from Psalms 107:42
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
from Psalms 52:6
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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 the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
Tell, and bring them near; yes, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient time? who has told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside me.
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
from Isaiah 45:21
But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared,
from Isaiah 43:3
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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.
For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, so that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:
from I John 3:16
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
from I Peter 3:18
Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
from Romans 4:25
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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 we have not followed cleverly devised myths, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
from I John 2:27
Neither give heed to myths and endless genealogies, which promote controversies, rather than godly building up in faith: so do.
from II Peter 1:16
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness.
from I Timothy 1:4
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
from II Timothy 2:16
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
from Ezra 10:10
And Israel remained in Acacia, and the people began to commit prostitution with the daughters of Moab.
from Joshua 22:17
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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
And he said to them, You know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to associate, or come to one of another nation; but God has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
from Ephesians 3:5
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the Passover.
from Acts 10:28
And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Look, your King!
from John 18:28
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,
from John 19:14 · 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 we have great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
from I Chronicles 29:17
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yes, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
from Philemon 1:7 · a strong link
That I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
from II Corinthians 7:13
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that comes in Jerusalem: but I will return again to you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
from Romans 15:32
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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:
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
from I Corinthians 5:7
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
from I Corinthians 15:3
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
from Luke 24:26 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Psalms 68:3 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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