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a Matthew 7:24-29 (“Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on
them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the
floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall,
because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these words
of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his
house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came and the winds blew and
beat against that house and it fell - and great was its fall!” Now when Jesus
had finished saying these things, the crowds were astounded at his
teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their
scribes.)

b Psalm 37:7 (Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret
over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices.)

c Matthew 4:1-11 (Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to
be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and
afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are
the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he
answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone but by every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city
and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple…)