“And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and He was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him” (Mark 1:13).

“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34).

“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3).

The word here for “foundations” is not the usual word for, say, a building foundation. Used rarely, a better translation of this word would be “purpose,” or “basis.” The fear expressed is not that the foundations of our faith might be undermined, but that we might lose our sense of purpose.

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man” (Romans 7:22).

“But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews” (Nehemiah 4:1).