Proverbs 22:19-21

| Prov 22 |

19 That your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.
20 Have I not written for you s thirty sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
21 to t make you know what is right and true,
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

Luke 1:3-4

| Luke 1 |

3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write h an orderly account for you, i most excellent j Theophilus, 4 that you may have k certainty concerning the things l you have been taught.

Romans 15:4

| Rom 15 |

4 For x whatever was written in former days was written for our y instruction, that through endurance and through z the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Matthew 4:4

| Matt 4 |

4 But he answered, z “It is written,

a “‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Matthew 4:7

| Matt 4 |

7 Jesus said to him, “Again e it is written, f ‘You shall not g put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Matthew 4:10

| Matt 4 |

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, i Satan! For j it is written,

k “‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and l him only shall you serve.’”

Isaiah 8:19-20

| Isa 8 |

19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the a mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of b the dead on behalf of the living? 20 c To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no d dawn.

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Matt. 4:1–25 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness (vv. 1–11), proclaims the kingdom of God (vv. 12–17), and calls disciples to follow him (vv. 18–22).

Matt. 4:1–11 Temptations of the Messiah. The temptations are a diabolical attempt to subvert God's plan for human redemption by causing Jesus to fall into sin and disobedience, thus disqualifying him as the sinless Savior.

Matt. 4:4 It is written. Jesus responds to each temptation by quoting from Deuteronomy, linking his experience to Israel's in the desert. In Deut. 8:2 Moses reminds the Israelites of God's testing through hunger and his miraculous provision of manna.

Matt. 4:6–7 for it is written. The devil's quotation of Psalm 91 is a blatant misuse of Scripture in an effort to manipulate Jesus. Such a spectacular display as jumping from this great height unharmed would have gained him an enthusiastic following, but it would not have followed the Father's messianic and redemptive plan of suffering and proclaiming the kingdom of heaven.