Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And 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, ”‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’“ (Matthew 4:1-4 ESV)

Jesus responds to the devils first temptation with the importance of scripture. That man is to live and trust his life on the word of God. Then Jesus answers the devils next two temptations with scripture. This is the perfect picture for how we are to guard ourselves up to keep ourselves from the devils evil by being in the bible the word of God daily. If scripture was so crucial to keeping Jesus from temptation oh how much more must we rely on it.