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Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez fathered Hezron,
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.
Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Perez, which was the son of Juda,
from Ruth 4:18
And Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab,
from Luke 3:33
And Aram fathered Aminadab; and Aminadab fathered Naasson; and Naasson fathered Salmon;
from Ruth 4:19
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
from Matthew 1:4
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.
from Acts 20:21
A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
from II Corinthians 7:10
The spirit of a man will sustain his weakness; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
from Proverbs 17:22 · a strong link
My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various temptations;
from Proverbs 18:14
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 1:2 · a strong link
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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:
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
from Acts 13:38
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
from I John 2:12
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 Luke 24:47 · a strong link
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
from Acts 2:38 · a strong link
And I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay you in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high.
from Isaiah 32:15
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Helper, that he may remain with you for ever;
from Luke 24:49
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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.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
from Acts 17:31
Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
from Psalms 9:8
Say among the pagans that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
from Psalms 98:9
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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,
And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
I give you charge in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
from Matthew 27:2
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 Timothy 6:13
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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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.
For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, so that I may know what to do to you.
from Acts 7:51 · a strong link
Get you up from among this congregation, so that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
from Exodus 33:5
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.
from Numbers 16:45
Now therefore let me alone, so that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.
from Numbers 16:21
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
from Exodus 32:10
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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
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:
from Acts 9:15
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
from Romans 11:13
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
from Romans 15:16
But you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
from Hebrews 13:16
And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Ruth 4:18 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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