Ether: Selected Verses

1. And now I, Moroni, proceed to give an account of those ancient inhabitants who were destroyed by the hand of the Lord upon the face of this north country. 1:1
2. Coriantor was the son of Moron. And Moron was the son of Ethem. 1:7-8
3. The Lord ... said unto him [the brother of Jared] ... there shall be none greater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth. 1:40-43
4. The Lord came down and talked with the brother of Jared; and he was in a cloud, and the brother of Jared saw him not. 2:4
5. The Lord did go before them, and did talk with them as he stood in a cloud, and gave directions whither they should travel. 2:5
6. The Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. 2:14
7. For the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord. 2:14
8. And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish ... and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish. 2:17
9. Touch these stones, O Lord, with thy finger. 3:4
10. The Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one with his finger. And ... the brother of Jared ... saw the finger of the Lord. 3:6
11. I saw the finger of the Lord, and I feared lest he should smite me. 3:8
12. Never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this? 3:9
13. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son. 3:14
14. Ye shall write them and shall seal them up, that no one can interpret them; for ye shall write them in a language that they cannot be read. 3:22
15. These stones shall magnify to the eyes of men these things which ye shall write. 3:24
16. He [Jesus] showed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be. 3:25
17. After ... they have all dwindled in unbelief ... I am commanded that I should hide them up again in the earth. 4:3
18. Behold, I have written upon these plates the very things which the brother of Jared saw. 4:4
19. I have sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord. 4:5
20. Then will I [Jesus] manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw. 4:7
21. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth. 4:7
22. He that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed; and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed. 4:8
23. At my [Jesus's] command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake. 4:9
24. At my [Jesus's] command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire. 4:9
25. For behold, I am the Father. 4:12
26. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 4:18
27. I, Moroni, have written the words which were commanded me, according to my memory ... the things which I have sealed up; therefore touch them not in order that ye may translate; for that thing is forbidden you. 5:1
28. The Lord caused stones to shine in darkness. 6:3
29. There was no water that could hurt them, their vessels being tight like unto a dish. 6:7
30. The sons and the daughters of the brother of Jared were twenty and two souls. 6:20
31. Orihah ... begat thirty and one, among whom were twenty and three sons. 7:1-2
32. They formed a secret combinationb... which combination is most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God. 8:18
33. For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations. 8:19
34. Whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations ... behold, they shall be destroyed. 8:22
35. Ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination. 8:24
36. The Lord warned Omer in a dream. 9:3
37. Emer ... even saw the Son of Righteousness. 9:21-22
38. There came forth poisonous serpents also upon the face of the land, and did poison many people. 9:31
39. The people ... did devour the carcasses of them which fell by the way, until they had devoured them all. 9:34
40. Because of their wicked combinations ... there began to be wars ... famines and pestilences ... a great destruction, such ... as never had been known upon the face of the earth. 11:7
41. Moron did that which was wicked before the Lord. 11:14
42. There arose a rebellion among the people, because of that secret combination. 11:15
43. The three disciples obtained a promise that they should not taste of death. 12:17
44. When God put forth his finger he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared. 12:20
45. The Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing. 12:23
46. The Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn. 12:26
47. The brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove -- and it was removed. 12:30
48. My garments are not spotted with your blood. 12:38
49. In fine, there were none of the fair sons and daughters upon the face of the whole earth who repented of their sins. 13:17
50. In the first year that Ether dwelt in the cavity of a rock, there were many people who were slain by the sword of those secret combinations. 13:18
51. Gilead ... received great strength to his army, because of secret combinations. 14:8
52. One of the secret combinations murdered him in a secret pass. 14:10
53. There had been slain two millions of mighty men, and also their wives and their children. 15:2
54. The waters of Ripliancum, which, by interpretation, is large. 15:8
55. The Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them, and Satan had full power over the hearts of the people. 15:19