Mark Allen

Leviticus 19:9-10, Leviticus 19:17-18

Leviticus 19:9-10 (NIV84)
“ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

Leviticus 19:17-18 (NIV84)
“ ‘Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt.

1 John 2:1

1 John 2:1 (NIV84)
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense–Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (NIV84)
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:20-31

1 Corinthians 1:18 (NIV84)
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:20-31 (NIV84)
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Jesus prays all night

Luke 6:12 (ESV)
In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Jesus prays in a solitary place

Mark 1:35 (NIV)
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Luke 18:1

Luke 18:1 (ESV)
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Luke 11:5

Luke 11:5 (ESV)
And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

Luke 11:5

Luke 11:5 (TNIV)
Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

1 Kings 17:1

1 Kings 17:1 (ESV)
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."

Matthew 19:16

Matthew 19:16 (ESV)
And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"

Judges 10:1

Judges 10:1 (ESV)
After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

Judges 11:1

Judges 11:1 (ESV)
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

1 Peter 5:8

1 Peter 5:8 (ESV)
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

James 3:1

James 3:1 (ESV)
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Ephesians 5:19

Ephesians 5:19 (ESV)
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Ephesians 5:4

Ephesians 5:4 (ESV)
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Romans 3:13

Romans 3:13 (ESV)
"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

Matthew 15:11

Matthew 15:11 (ESV)
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."

Proverbs 10:11

Proverbs 10:11 (ESV)
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

James 2:21

James 2:21 (NIV84)
Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

Genesis 15:6

Genesis 15:6 (ESV)
And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

Romans 4:2

Romans 4:2 (ESV)
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Hebrews 11:17

Hebrews 11:17 (ESV)
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,

James 2:5

James 2:5 (NIV84)
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?