Sabom: Selected Verses

401. He [Nephi Sr.   1:3
402. There was a day set apart by the unbelievers, that all those who believed in those traditions should be put to death.   1:9
403. Be of good cheer ... on the morrow come I [the Lord] into the world.   1:13
404. The people began to be astonished because there was no darkness when the night came.   1:15
405. Many, who had not believed ... fell to the earth and became as if they were dead.   1:16
406. All the people upon the face of the whole earth ... were so exceedingly astonished that they fell to the earth.   1:17
407. It came to pass that there was no darkness in all that night, but it was as light as though it was mid.   1:19
408. It came to pass also that a new star did appear, according to the word.   1:21
409. The people ... began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder.   2:1
410. Satan ... lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.   2:2
411. The people ... did not believe that there should be any more signs or wonders given.   2:3
412. Nephi, who was the father of Nephi ... did not return to the land of Zarahemla, and could nowhere be found in all the land.   2:9
413. Their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites.   2:15
414. Their young men and their daughters became exceedingly fair.   2:15
415. Those armies of robbers ... began ... to sally forth from the hills.   4:1
416. They were girded about after the manner of robbers; and they had a lamb.   4:7
417. May the Lord ... cause to be felled to the earth all who shall seek to slay them because of power and secret combinations.   4:29
418. Their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears.   4:33
419. There was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets.   5:1
420. Thus they did put an end to all those wicked, and secret, and abominable combinations.   5:6
421. Behold, I am called Mormon.   5:12
422. And the regulations of the government were destroyed, because of the secret combination.   7:6
423. The more righteous part of the people had nearly all become wicked.   7:7
424. The more part of the people had turned from their righteousness, like the dog to his vomit.   7:8
425. In the name of Jesus did he [Nephi] cast out devils and unclean spirits; and even his brother [Timothy] did he raise from the dead, after he had been stoned and suffered death by the people.   7:19
426. In the thirty and fourth year ... the city of Zarahemla did take fire.   8:5
427. In the thirty and fourth year ... the city of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof were drowned.   8:5
428. In the thirty and fourth year ... the earth was carried up upon the city of Moronihah that in the place of the city there became a great mountain.   8:5
429. Many great and notable cities were sunk, and many were burned, and many were shaken till the buildings thereof had fallen to the earth, and the inhabitants thereof were slain.   8:14
430. Some who were carried away in the whirlwind; and whither they went no man knoweth.   8:16
431. The face of the whole earth became deformed.   8:17
432. For the space of three days that there was no light seen.   8:23
433. It came to pass that there was a voice heard among all the inhabitants of the earth.   9:1
434. Wo, wo, wo unto this people; wo unto the inhabitants of the whole earth except they shall repent; for the devil laugheth, and his angels rejoice.   9:2
435. Behold, that great city Zarahemla have I [Jesus] burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof.   9:3
436. Behold, that great city Moroni have I [Jesus] caused to be sunk in the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof to be drowned.   9:4
437. Behold, that great city Moronihah have I [Jesus] covered with earth, and the inhabitants thereof.   9:5
438. Behold, the city of Gilgal have I [Jesus] caused to be sunk, and the inhabitants thereof to be buried up in the depths of the earth.   9:6
439. Yea, and the city of Onihah and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Mocum and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Jerusalem and the inhabitants thereof; and waters have I [Jesus] caused to come up in the stead thereof.   9:7
440. Behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah, and the city of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno, all these have I [Jesus] caused to be sunk, and made hills and valleys in the places thereof; and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth.   9:8
441. Behold, that great city Jacobugath ... have I [Jesus] caused to be burned with fire because of their sins and their wickedness, which was above all the wickedness of the whole earth, because of their secret murders and combinations.   9:9
442. Behold, the city of Laman, and the city of Josh, and the city of Gad, and the city of Kishkumen, have I [Jesus] caused to be burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof.   9:10
443. Because ... there were none righteous among them, I [Jesus] did send down fire and destroy them.   9:11
444. Many great destructions have I [Jesus] caused to come upon this land.   9:12
445. It came to pass that ... they heard a voice as if it came out of heaven.   11:3
446. And it came to pass that again they heard the voice, and they understood it not.   11:4
447. Behold, they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and he was clothed in a white.   11:8
448. And again the third time they did hear the voice, and did open their ears to hear it.   11:5
449. Behold, I am Jesus Christ.   11:10
450. Thrust your hands into my side, and also .   11:14
451. There shall be no disputations among you.   11:28
452. Whoso believeth not in me [Jesus], and is not baptized, shall be damned.   11:34
453. Whoso remembereth these sayings of mine and doeth them, him will I raise up at the last day.   15:1
454. Ye [the Nephites] are they of whom I [Jesus] said: Other sheep.   15:21
455. I [Jesus] command you that ye shall write these sayings after I am gone.   16:4
456. Wo, saith the Father, unto the unbelieving of the Gentiles.   16:8
457. Now I go unto the Father, and also to show myself unto the lost tribes of Israel, for they are not lost unto the Father, for he knoweth whither he hath taken them.   17:4
458. My bowels are filled with compassion.   17:6
459. My bowels are filled with mercy.   17:7
460. Jesus groaned within himself.   17:14
461. The things which he prayed cannot be written.   17:15
462. Behold they were as white as the countenance and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did exceed all the whiteness, yea, even there could be nothing upon earth so white as the whiteness thereof.   19:25
463. Jesus ... did smile upon them again; and behold they were white, even as Jesus.   17:30
464. Fire ... came down from heaven ... and angels did come down out of heaven and did minister unto them.   19:14
465. Behold they [the Nephite disciples] were as white as the countenance and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did exceed all the whiteness, yea, even there could be nothing upon earth so white as the whiteness thereof.   19:25
466. He [Jesus] also gave them wine to drink.   20:5
467. He that eateth this bread eateth of my body to his soul; and he that drinketh of this wine drinketh of my blood to his soul.   20:8
468. Ye shall be among them ... as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces.   20:16
469. I [Jesus] will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass.   20:19
470. Put on thy beautiful garments ... there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.   20:36
471. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet.   20:40
472. So will I [Jesus] destroy thy cities.   21:18
473. I will [Jesus] execute vengeance and fury upon them.   21:21
474. Yea, a commandment I [Jesus] give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.   23:1
475. Behold, other scriptures I [Jesus] would that ye should write, that ye have not.   23:6
476. He [Jesus] commanded them that they [the Nephites] should write the words which the Father had given unto Malachi.   24:1
477. Ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet.   25:3
478. He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.   25:6
479. These scriptures [the book of Malachi], which ye had not with you, the Father commanded that I [Jesus] should give unto you.   26:2
480. He [Jesus] did expound all things, even from the beginning until the time that he should come in his glory .   26:2
481. There cannot be written in this book even a hundredth part of the things which Jesus did truly teach.   26:6
482. Babes did open their mouths and utter marvelous things; and the things which they did utter were forbidden.   26:16
483. Many of them saw and heard unspeakable things, which are not lawful to be written.   26:18
484. Behold, I was about to write the names of those who were never to taste of death, but the Lord forbade.   28:25
485. Wo be unto him that will not hearken unto the words of Jesus ... it would be better for them if they had not been born.   28:34
486. When the Lord shall see fit, in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles.   29:1
487. Wo unto him that shall deny the revelations of the Lord, and that shall say the Lord no longer worketh by revelation, or by prophecy.   29:6
488. And thus did the thirty and eighth year pass away, and also the thirty and ninth, and forty and first, and the forty and second, yea, even until forty and nine years had passed away, and also the fifty and first, and the fifty and second; yea, and even until fifty and nine years had passed away.   1:6
489. The people of Nephi did wax strong, and did multiply exceedingly fast, and became an exceedingly fair and delightsome people.   1:10
490. And it came to pass that the seventy and first year passed away, and also the seventy and second year, yea, and in fine, till the seventy and ninth year had passed away; yea, even an hundred years had passed away.   1:14
491. There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of .   1:17
492. They did cast them [the disciples of Jesus] into prison; but by the power of the word of God, which was in them, the prisons were rent in twain.   1:30
493. They did cast them [the disciples of Jesus] into furnaces of fire, and they came forth receiving no harm.   1:32
494. They also cast them [the disciples of Jesus] into dens of wild beasts, and they did play with the wild beasts even as a child with a lamb.   1:33
495. Thus they did dwindle in unbelief and wickedness.   1:34
496. And it came to pass that the wicked part of the people began again to build up the secret oaths and combinations of Gadianton.   1:42
497. And now I, Mormon, make a record of the things which I have both seen and heard, and call it the Book of Mormon.   1:1
498. The people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea.   1:7
499. The Holy Ghost did not come upon any, because of their wickedness and unbelief.   1:14
500. And I, being fifteen years of age and being somewhat of a sober mind, therefore I was visited of the Lord, and tasted and knew of the goodness of Jesus.   1:15
501. I did endeavor to preach unto this people, but my mouth was shut, and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them; for behold they had wilfully rebelled against their God.   1:16
502. The inhabitants thereof began to hide up their treasures in the earth; and they became slippery, because the Lord had cursed the land.   1:18
503. The Nephites ... began to cry ... but ... their sorrowing was ... the sorrowing of the damned.   2:10
504. They did not come unto Jesus with broken hearts and contrite spirits, but they did curse God, and wish to die.   2:10
505. I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land.   2:15
506. Then the voice of the Lord came to me and said, Vengeance is mine ..., they shall be cut off from the face of the earth.   3:14
507. It is by the wicked that the wicked are punished.   4:5
508. This people [the Lamanites] shall be scattered, and shall become a dark, a filthy, and a loathsome people ... because of their unbelief and idolatry.   5:11
509. They [the Lamanites] were once a delightsome people ... but now, behold, they are led about by Satan.   5:17
510. If ye believe that [the Bible] ye will believe this [the Bookd of Mormon] also.   7:9
511. Great and marvelous is the destruction of my people, the Nephites.   8:7
512. Whoso receiveth this record, and shall not condemn it because of the imperfections which are in it.   8:12
513. If there be faults [in Moroni's record] they be the faults of a man.   8:17
514. He that condemneth [the plates] ... shall be in danger of hell fire.   8:17
515. The same that judgeth rashly shall be judged rashly again ... he that smiteth shall be smitten again, of the Lord.   8:197
516. He that shall breathe out wrath and strifes against the work of the Lord ... the same is in danger to be hewn down and cast into the fire.   8:21
517. The blood of saints shall cry unto the Lord, because of secret combinations and the works of darkness.   8:27
518. Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.   8:35
519. Your churches, yea, even every one, have become polluted.   8:36
520. Why do ye build up your secret abominations? Mormon 8:40.   8:40
521. The sword of vengeance hangeth over you; and the time soon cometh that he avengeth the blood of the saints upon you.   8:41
522. Ye shall be brought to see your nakedness before God, and ... and the holiness of Jesus Christ ... will kindle a flame of unquenchable fire upon you.   9:5
523. Ye unbelieving, turn ye unto the Lord ... that perhaps ye may be found spotless, pure, fair, and white, having been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb.   9:6
524. esus Christ, even the Father and the Son.   9:12
525. He that is filthy shall be filthy still ... and he that is unhappy shall be unhappy still.   9:14
526. The reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men is because that they dwindle in unbelief.   9:20
527. He that believeth not shall be damned.   9:23
528. These signs shall follow them that believe .   9:24
529. Doubt not, but be believing.   9:27
530. We have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian.   9:32
531. If our plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in Hebrew.   9:33
532. If we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in our record.   9:33
533. These things are written that we may rid our garments of the blood of our brethren, who have dwindled in unbelief.   9:35
534. 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.   9:35
535. Coriantor was the son of Moron.   9:35
536. 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.   9:35
537. 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.   9:35
538. The Lord did go before them, and did talk with them as he stood in a cloud, and gave directions whither they should travel.   9:35
539. The Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him.   9:35
540. 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.   9:35
541. 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.   9:35
542. Touch these stones, O Lord, with thy finger.   9:35
543. The Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one with his finger.   9:35
544. I saw the finger of the Lord, and I feared lest he should smite me.   9:35
545. 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.   9:35
546. Behold, I am Jesus Christ.   9:35
547. 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.   9:35
548. These stones shall magnify to the eyes of men these things which ye shall write.   9:35
549. He [Jesus] showed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be.   9:35
550. After ... they have all dwindled in unbelief ... I am commanded that I should hide them up again in the earth.   9:35
551. Behold, I have written upon these plates the very things which the brother of Jared saw.   9:35
552. I have sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord.   9:35
553. Then will I [Jesus] manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw.   9:35
554. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth.   9:35
555. 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.   9:35
556. At my [Jesus's] command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake.   9:35
557. At my [Jesus's] command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.   9:35
558. For behold, I am the Father.   9:35
559. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.   9:35
560. 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.   9:35
561. The Lord caused stones to shine in darkness.   9:35
562. There was no water that could hurt them, their vessels being tight like unto a dish.   9:35
563. The sons and the daughters of the brother of Jared were twenty and two souls.   9:35
564. Orihah ... begat thirty and one, among whom were twenty and three sons.   9:35
565. They formed a secret combinationb... which combination is most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God.   9:35
566. For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations.   9:35
567. Whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations ... behold, they shall be destroyed.   9:35
568. Ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination.   9:35
569. The Lord warned Omer in a dream.   9:35
570. Emer ... even saw the Son of Righteousness.   9:35
571. There came forth poisonous serpents also upon the face of the land, and did poison many people.   9:35
572. The people ... did devour the carcasses of them which fell by the way, until they had devoured them all.   9:35
573. 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.   9:35
574. Moron did that which was wicked before the Lord.   9:35
575. There arose a rebellion among the people, because of that secret combination.   9:35
576. The three disciples obtained a promise that they should not taste of death.   9:35
577. When God put forth his finger he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared.   9:35
578. The Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing.   9:35
579. The Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn.   9:35
580. The brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove .   9:35
581. My garments are not spotted with your blood.   9:35
582. In fine, there were none of the fair sons and daughters upon the face of the whole earth who repented of their sins.   9:35
583. 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.   9:35
584. Gilead ... received great strength to his army, because of secret combinations.   9:35
585. One of the secret combinations murdered him in a secret pass.   9:35
586. There had been slain two millions of mighty men, and also their wives and their children.   9:35
587. The waters of Ripliancum, which, by interpretation, is large.   9:35
588. The Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them, and Satan had full power over the hearts of the people.   9:35
589. The manner of administering the wine ... they took the cup, and said ... sanctify this wine.   9:35
590. They did ... partake of ... wine.   9:35
591. Whoso was found to commit iniquity, and three witnesses of the church did condemn them before the elders, and if they repented not, and confessed not, their names were blotted out.   9:35
592. He that supposeth that little children need baptism ... must go down to hell.   9:35
593. He that saith that little children need baptism ... are in danger of ... hell, and an endless torment.   9:35
594. The daughters of the Lamanites have they taken prisoners; and after depriving them of that which was most dear and precious above all things, which is chastity and virtue.   9:9
595. That you may have an understanding of these gods, I have given you the fashion of them in the figures at the beginning, which manner of figures is called by the Chaldeans Rahleenos, which signifies hieroglyphics.   1:14
596. the Lord broke down the altar of Elkenah, and of the gods of the land, and utterly destroyed them, and smote the priest that he died.   1:20
597. This king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites by birth.   1:21
598. This king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites by birth.   1:22
599. The land of Egypt being first discovered by a woman, who was the daughter of Ham, and the daughter of Egyptus, which in the Chaldean signifies Egypt, which signifies that which is forbidden;.   1:23
600. When this woman discovered the land it was under water, who afterward settled her sons in it; and thus, from Ham, sprang that race which preserved the curse in the land.   1:24
601. The first government of Egypt was established by Pharaoh, the eldest son of Egyptus, the daughter of Ham.   1:25
602. Pharaoh ... in the days of the first patriarchal reign, even in the reign of Adam, and also of Noah, his father, who blessed him with the blessings of the earth, and with the blessings of wisdom, but cursed him as pertaining to the Priesthood.   1:26
603. Now, Pharaoh being of that lineage by which he could not have the right of Priesthood....   1:27
604. I [Abraham] shall endeavor, hereafter, to delineate the chronology running back from myself to the beginning of the creation, for the records have come into my hands.   1:28
605. The records of the fathers, even the patriarchs, concerning the right of Priesthood, the Lord my God preserved in mine own hands; therefore a knowledge of the beginning of the creation, and also of the planets, and of the stars, as they were made known unto the fathers, have I [Abraham] kept even unto this day, and I shall endeavor to write some of these things upon this record, for the benefit of my posterity that shall come after me.   1:31
606. I am the Lord thy God; I dwell in heaven; the earth is my footstool; I stretch my hand over the sea, and it obeys my voice; I cause the wind and the fire to be my chariot; I say to the mountains—Depart hence—and behold, they are taken away by a whirlwind, in an instant.   2:7
607. My name is Jehovah, and I know the end from the beginning.   2:8
608. I [God] will bless them through thy [Abraham's] name; for as many as receive this Gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed.   2:10
609. I [God] will bless them that bless thee [Abraham], and curse them that curse thee.   2:11
610. In thy [Abraham's] seed after thee (that is to say, the literal seed, or the seed of the body) shall all the families of the earth be blessed.   2:11
611. The Lord appeared unto me [Abraham] ... and said unto me: Unto thy seed will I give this land.   2:19
612. When I [Abraham] was come near to enter into Egypt, the Lord said unto me: Behold, Sarai, thy wife, is a very fair woman to look upon ... when the Egyptians shall see her, they will say—She is his wife; and they will kill you, but they will save her alive; therefore see that ye do on this wise: Let her say unto the Egyptians, she is thy sister, and thy soul shall live.   2:22
613. I, Abraham, had the Urim and Thummim, which the Lord my God had given unto me.   3:1
614. I saw the stars, that they were very great, and that one of them was nearest unto the throne of God ... the Lord said unto me ... the great one is Kolob, because it is near unto me.   3:2
615. The Lord said unto me, by the Urim and Thummim, that Kolob was after the manner of the Lord, according to its times and seasons in the revolutions thereof; that one revolution was a day unto the Lord, after his manner of reckoning, it being one thousand years according to the time appointed unto that whereon thou standest.   3:4
616. Thus I, Abraham, talked with the Lord, face to face, as one man talketh with another.   3:11
617. He [God] said unto me: This is Shinehah, which is the sun.   3:13
618. The Lord spake these words unto me [Abraham]: I will multiply thee, and thy seed after thee, like unto these; and if thou canst count the number of sands, so shall be the number of thy seeds.   3:14
619. Kolob is the greatest of all the Kokaubeam that thou hast seen, because it is nearest unto me [God].   3:16
620. The Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was.   3:22
621. And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers ... he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.   3:23
622. There stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell.   3:24
623. The Lord said: Whom shall I send? And one answered like unto the Son of Man: Here am I, send me.   3:27
624. The second was angry, and kept not his first estate; and, at that day, many followed after him.   3:28
625. Let us go down.   4:1
626. I, Abraham, saw that it was after the Lord’s time, which was after the time of Kolob; for as yet the Gods had not appointed unto Adam his reckoning.   5:13
627. God spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty, and Endless is my name; for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is not this endless?.   1:3
628. My [God's] words ... never cease.   1:4
629. No man can behold all my glory, and afterwards remain in the flesh on the earth.   1:5
630. Moses my son; and thou art in the similitude of mine Only Begotten; and mine Only Begotten is and shall be the Savior.   1:6
631. Mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural, but my spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died.   1:11
632. Satan came tempting him, saying: Moses, son of man, worship me.   1:12
633. Moses looked upon Satan and said: Who art thou? For behold, I am a son of God, in the similitude of his Only Begotten; and where is thy glory, that I should worship thee?.   1:13
634. Moses looked upon Satan and said: Who art thou? For behold, I am a son of God, in the similitude of his Only Begotten; and where is thy glory, that I should worship thee?.   1:14
635. Moses looked upon Satan and said: Who art thou? For behold, I am a son of God, in the similitude of his Only Begotten; and where is thy glory, that I should worship thee?.   1:15
636. Get thee hence, Satan; deceive me not; for God said unto me: Thou are after the similitude of mine Only Begotten.   1:16
637. Get thee hence, Satan; deceive me not; for God said unto me: Thou are after the similitude of mine Only Begotten.   1:17
638. Satan cried with a loud voice, and ranted upon the earth, and commanded, saying: I am the Only Begotten, worship me.   1:19
639. Satan began to tremble, and the earth shook; and Moses received strength, and called upon God, saying: In the name of the Only Begotten, depart hence, Satan.   1:21
640. Satan cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.   1:22
641. He [Moses] beheld his glory again, for it was upon him; and he heard a voice, saying: Blessed art thou, Moses, for I, the Almighty, have chosen thee, and thou shalt be made stronger than many waters; for they shall obey thy command as if thou wert God.   1:25
642. Moses cast his eyes and beheld the earth, yea, even all of it ... And he beheld also the inhabitants thereof.   1:27
643. Worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.   1:33
644. The first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many.   1:34
645. As one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither to my words.   1:38
646. In a day when the children of men shall esteem my words as naught and take many of them from the book which thou shalt write, behold, I will raise up another like unto thee; and they shall be had again among the children of men among as many as shall believe.   1:41
647. (These words were spoken unto Moses in the mount, the name of which shall not be known among the children of men.   1:42
648. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven, and this earth; write the words which I speak.   2:1
649. I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.   2:26
650. I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.   2:27
651. For I, the Lord God, created all things ... spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth.   3:5
652. The first flesh upon the earth, the first man also; nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made according to my word.   3:7
653. Out of the ground made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree, naturally ... And it became also a living soul.   3:9
654. The Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind.   4:1
655. My Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me—Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.   4:2
656. Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man ... by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down.   4:3
657. for thus have I, the Lord God, called the first of all women, which are many.   4:26
658. (And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses ... See thou show them unto no man, until I command you, except to them that believe.   4:32
659. After many days an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying: Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him: I know not, save the Lord commanded me.   5:6
660. In that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam ... saying: I am the Only Begotten of the Father from the beginning, henceforth and forever.   5:9
661. In that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy.   5:10
662. Adam and Eve ... made all things known unto their sons and their daughters.   5:12
663. Satan came among them, saying: I am also a son of God; and he commanded them, saying: Believe it not; and they believed it not, and they loved Satan more than God.   5:13
664. As many as believed in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be saved; and as many as believed not and repented not, should be damned.   5:16
665. Cain loved Satan more than God.   5:18
666. Satan desireth to have thee [Cain]; and except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will deliver thee up, and it shall be unto thee according to his desire.   5:23
667. From this time forth thou [Cain] shalt be the father of his lies; thou shalt be called Perdition; for thou wast also before the world.   5:24
668. It shall be said in time to come—That these abominations were had from Cain ... this is a cursing which I [God] will put upon thee.   5:25
669. Cain took one of his brothers’ daughters to wife, and they loved Satan more than God.   5:28
670. Satan said unto Cain: Swear unto me by thy throat, and if thou tell it thou shalt die.   5:26
671. Satan sware unto Cain that he would do according to his commands.   5:30
672. Cain said: Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain.   5:31
673. For Lamech having entered into a covenant with Satan, after the manner of Cain, wherein he became Master Mahan, master of that great secret which was administered unto Cain by Satan; and Irad, the son of Enoch, having known their secret, began to reveal it unto the sons of Adam.   5:49
674. From the days of Cain, there was a secret combination.   5:51
675. Lord cursed Lamech, and his house, and all them that had covenanted with Satan.   5:52
676. Lamech was despised, and cast out, and came not among the sons of men, lest he should die.   5:54
677. God cursed the earth with a sore curse, and was angry with the wicked, with all the sons of men whom he had made; For they would not hearken unto his voice, nor believe on his Only Begotten Son.   5:56
678. God revealed himself unto Seth, and he rebelled not, but offered an acceptable sacrifice, like unto his brother Abel.   6:3
679. A book of remembrance was kept ... in the language of Adam ... a language which was pure and undefiled.   6:5
680. Now this prophecy Adam spake, as he was moved upon by the Holy Ghost, and a genealogy was kept of the children of God.   6:8
681. In those days Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed; and a man’s hand was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret works.   6:15
682. Enoch, my son, prophesy unto this people, and say unto them ... by their oaths, they have brought upon themselves death; and a hell I have prepared for them, if they repent not.   6:27
683. Enoch had heard these words, he bowed himself to the earth, before the Lord, and spake before the Lord, saying: Why is it that I have found favor in thy sight, and am but a lad, and all the people hate me.   6:31
684. The Lord said unto Enoch ... Open thy mouth, and it shall be filled, and I will give thee utterance, for all flesh is in my hands, and I will do as seemeth me good ... the mountains shall flee before you, and the rivers shall turn from their course.   6:32
685. The Lord spake unto Enoch, and said unto him: Anoint thine eyes with clay, and wash them, and thou shalt see.   6:35
686. He [Enoch] beheld the spirits that God had created; and he beheld also things which were not visible to the natural eye.   6:36
687. A book of remembrance we have written ... by the finger of God; and it is given in our own language.   6:46
688. As Enoch spake forth the words of God, the people trembled, and could not stand in his presence.   6:47
689. Satan hath come among the children of men, and tempteth them to worship him; and men have become carnal, sensual, and devilish.   6:49
690. He [God] called upon our father Adam by his own voice, saying: I am God; I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh.   6:51
691. He [God] also said unto him ... believe, and ... be baptized ... in the name of mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth, which is Jesus Christ.   6:52
692. In the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name, and the name of his Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous Judge, who shall come in the meridian of time.   6:57
693. Ye must be born again ... and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten.   6:59
694. By the blood ye are sanctified.   6:60
695. This is the plan of salvation unto all men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in the meridian of time.   6:62
696. When the Lord had spoken with Adam ... he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the water, and was brought forth out of the water.   6:64
697. [Adam] heard a voice out of heaven, saying: Thou art baptized with fire, and with the Holy Ghost.   6:66
698. Thou [Adam] art one in me, a son of God; and thus may all become my sons.   6:68
699. Many have believed not, and have perished in their sins, and are looking forth with fear, in torment, for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God to be poured out upon them.   7:1
700. I [Enoch] saw the Lord; and he stood before my face, and he talked with me, even as a man talketh one with another, face to face.   7:4
701. There was a blackness came upon all the children of Canaan, that they were despised among all people.   7:8
702. The Lord said unto me [Enoch]: Go to this people, and say unto them—Repent, lest I come out and smite them with a curse, and they die.   7:10
703. He [the Lord] gave unto me a commandment that I [Enoch] should baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son.   7:11
704. Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according to his command; and the rivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness.   7:13
705. There also came up a land out of the depth of the sea.   7:14
706. And the giants of the land, also, stood afar off; and there went forth a curse upon all people that fought against God.   7:15
707. Enoch ... built a city that was called the City of Holiness, even Zion.   7:19
708. Enoch talked with the Lord; and he said unto the Lord: Surely Zion shall dwell in safety forever.   7:20
709. The Lord showed unto Enoch all the inhabitants of the earth; and he beheld, and lo, Zion, in process of time, was taken up into heaven.   7:21
710. Enoch also beheld the residue of the people which were the sons of Adam; and they were a mixture of all the seed of Adam save it was the seed of Cain, for the seed of Cain were black, and had not place among them.   7:22
711. Enoch was high and lifted up, even in the bosom of the Father, and of the Son of Man; and behold, the power of Satan was upon all the face of the earth.   7:24
712. He [Enoch] saw angels descending out of heaven; and he heard a loud voice saying: Wo, wo be unto the inhabitants of the earth.   7:25
713. The fire of mine indignation is kindled against them; and in my hot displeasure will I send in the floods upon them, for my fierce anger is kindled against them.   7:34
714. I am God; Man of Holiness is my name; Man of Counsel is my name; and Endless and Eternal is my name, also.   7:35
715. But behold, their sins shall be upon the heads of their fathers; Satan shall be their father, and misery shall be their doom.   7:37
716. These which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods; and behold, I will shut them up; a prison have I prepared for them.   7:38
717. His [Enoch] bowels yearned; and all eternity shook.   7:41
718. Enoch saw that Noah built an ark; and that the Lord smiled upon it, and held it in his own hand; but upon the residue of the wicked the floods came and swallowed them up.   7:43
719. Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh ... saying ... the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world ... and behold, Zion is with me.   7:47
720. Enoch looked upon the earth; and he heard a voice from the bowels thereof, saying: Wo, wo is me, the mother of men; I am pained, I am weary, because of the wickedness of my children.   7:48
721. The Lord said: Blessed is he through whose seed Messiah shall come; for he saith—I am Messiah, the King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven.   7:53
722. The Lord said unto Enoch: Look, and he looked and beheld the Son of Man lifted up on the cross ... and the earth groaned; and the rocks were rent; and the saints arose.   7:55
723. Many of the spirits as were in prison came forth, and stood on the right hand of God; and the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day.   7:57
724. I [the Lord] shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming.   7:62
725. All the days of Zion, in the days of Enoch, were three hundred and sixty.   7:68
726. All the days of Enoch were four hundred and thirty years.   8:1
727. This is ... my [the Lord's] preface unto the book of my commandments.   1:6
728. The Lord is nigh.   1:12
729. The anger of the Lord is kindled, and his sword is bathed in heaven.   1:13
730. I the Lord ... called upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.   1:17
731. My servant Joseph Smith, Jun.   1:29
732. This church, ... the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased.   1:30
733. The day speedily cometh ... when ... the devil shall have power over his own dominion.   1:31
734. Thou art Joseph, and thou wast chosen to do the work of the Lord.   3:9
735. Thou [Joseph Smith] deliveredst up ... that which was sacred [The Book of Mormon] into the hands of a wicked man [Martin Harris].   3:12
736. A marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.   4:1
737. Woe shall come unto the inhabitants of the earth if they will not hearken unto my words.   5:5
738. Their testimony shall also go forth unto the condemnation of this generation if they harden their hearts against them.   5:18
739. If they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are consumed away and utterly destroyed.   5:19
740. A great and marvelous work is about to come forth unto the children of men.   6:1
741. Behold, I am God.   6:2
742. Stand by my servant Joseph.   6:18
743. Behold, thou art Oliver ... treasure up these words in thy heart.   6:20
744. Behold, I am Jesus.   6:21
745. I grant unto you a gift, if you desire of me, to translate, even as my servant Joseph.   6:25
746. The Lord said unto me: John, my beloved, what desirest thou? ... I said unto him: Lord, give unto me power over death ... the Lord said ... thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory ... I will make him as flaming fire and a ministering angel.   7:1
747. You [Oliver Cowdery] may translate ... all those ancient records.   8:11
748. Study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right.   9:8
749. Satan hath put it into their hearts to alter the words which you have caused to be written.   10:10
750. I [Jesus] will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.   10:43
751. A great and marvelous work is about to come forth.   11:1
752. Thou art Hyrum ... I am Jesus.   11:23
753. A great and marvelous work is about to come forth.   12:1
754. A great and marvelous work is about to come forth.   14:1
755. A am God ... I am Jesus ... And behold, thou art David.   14:2
756. Mine arm is over all the earth.   15:2
757. I [God] will tell you [John Whitmer] that which no man knoweth save me and thee alone.   15:3
758. I, the Lord, am well pleased that there should be a school in Zion, and also with my servant Parley P.   3:
759. Mine arm is over all the earth.   16:2
760. I [God] will tell you [Peter Whitmer] that which no man knoweth save me and thee alone.   16:3
761. You must rely upon my word, which if you do ... you shall have a view of the plates, and also of the breastplate, the sword of Laban, the Urim and Thummim ... and the miraculous directors.   17:1
762. Contend against no church, save it be the church of the devil.   18:20
763. Woes shall go forth, weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, yea, to those who are found on my left hand.   19:5
764. It is written endless torment.   19:6
765. It is written eternal damnation.   19:7
766. I [Jesus] am endless, and the punishment which is given from my hand is endless punishment, for Endless is my name.   19:10
767. Eternal punishment is God's punishment.   19:11
768. Endless punishment is God's punishment.   19:12
769. Keep the commandments which you have received by the hand of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.   19:13
770. Repent, lest I smite you by the rod of my mouth.   19:15
771. If they would not repent they must suffer even as I [Jesus].   19:17
772. I [Jesus] command thee that thou shalt not covet thine own property, but impart it freely to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains the truth and the word of God.   19:26
773. Misery thou [Martin Harris] shalt receive if thou wilt slight these counsels, yea, even the destruction of thyself and property.   19:33
774. Pay the debt thou hast contracted with the printer.   19:35
775. One thousand eight hundred and thirty years since the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the flesh ... in the fourth month, and on the sixth day of the month which is called April.   20:1
776. God ministered unto him [Joseph Smith] by an holy angel, whose countenance was as lightning, and whose garments were pure and white above all other whiteness.   20:6
777. Those who harden their hearts in unbelief, and reject it [th Book of Mormon], it shall turn to their own condemnation.   20:15
778. All men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus Christ ... or they cannot be saved.   20:295
779. These things [the Book of Mormon] are true and according to the revelations of John, neither adding to, nor diminishing from the prophecy of his book, the holy scriptures.   20:35
780. Thou [Joseph Smith] shalt be called a seer, a translator, a prophet, an apostle of Jesus Christ, an elder 21:1 .   21:1
781. Thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments ... his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth.   21:4
782. I will bless all those who ... believe on his [Joseph Smith's] words.   21:9
783. He should be ordained by you, Oliver Cowdery.   21:10
784. All old covenants have I caused to be done away ... this is a new and an everlasting covenant.   22:10
785. Although a man should be baptized an hundred times it availeth him nothing.   22:2
786. Enter ye in at the gate ... and seek not to counsel your God.   22:4
787. Behold, I speak unto you, Oliver, a few words.   23:1
788. Behold, I speak unto you, Hyrum, a few words; for thou also art under no condemnation, and thy heart is opened, and thy tongue loosed ... Amen.   23:3
789. Behold, I speak a few words unto you, Samuel; for thou also art under no condemnation ... Amen.   23:4
790. Behold, I speak a few words unto you, Joseph; for thou also art under no condemnation ... Amen.   23:5
791. Behold, I manifest unto you, Joseph Knight, by these words, that you must take up your cross ... Amen.   23:6
792. Behold, thou [Joseph Smith] wast called and chosen to write the Book of Mormon.   24:1
793. If they [the churches] receive thee [Joseph Smith] not, I will send upon them a cursing.   24:4
794. It shall be given thee [Joseph Smith] in the very moment what thou shalt speak and write ... or I will send unto them a cursing.   24:6
795. In temporal labors thou [Joseph Smith] shalt not have strength, for this is not thy calling.   24:9
796. Require not miracles, except I shall command you, except casting out devils, healing the sick, and against poisonous serpents, and against deadly poisons ... And these things ye shall not do, except it be required of you by them who desire it.   24:13
797. In whatsoever place ye [Joseph Smith] shall enter, and they receive you not in my name, ye shall leave a cursing.   24:15
798. Whosoever shall lay their hands upon you by violence, ye shall command to be smitten in my name; and, behold, I will smite them according to your words, in mine own due time.   24:16
799. Whosoever shall go to law with thee [Joseph Smith] shall be cursed by the law.   24:17