SAB: Selected Verses

    DOCTRINE & COVENANTS

  1. Let them go two by two. 52:10
  2. let my servant Lyman Wight beware, for Satan desireth to sift him as chaff. 52:12
  3. Satan is abroad in the land, and he goeth forth deceiving the nations. 52:14
  4. In consequence of transgression, let that which was bestowed upon Heman Basset be taken from him, and placed upon the head of Simonds Ryder. 52:37
  5. Missouri, which is the land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies. 52:42
  6. I, the Lord, will hasten the city in its time. 52:43
  7. I'm Jesus. Amen. 52:44
  8. Be patient ... until I come; and, behold, I come quickly ... Amen. 54:10
  9. Mine anger is kindled against the rebellious, and they shall know mine arm and mine indignation, in the day of visitation and of wrath upon the nations. 56:1
  10. He that will not take up his cross and follow me, and keep my commandments, the same shall not be saved. 56:2
  11. He that will not obey shall be cut off in mine own due time. 56:3
  12. I, the Lord, command and revoke, as it seemeth me good; and all this to be answered upon the heads of the rebellious, saith the Lord. 56:4
  13. I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him. 56:5
  14. I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Selah J. Griffin and Newel Knight, in consequence of the stiffneckedness of my people which are in Thompson, and their rebellions. 56:6
  15. Ezra Thayre must repent of his pride, and of his selfishness, and obey the former commandment which I have given him. 56:8
  16. Otherwise he shall receive the money which he has paid, and shall leave the place, and shall be cut off out of my church, saith the Lord God of hosts; And though the heaven and the earth pass away, these words shall not pass away. 56:10-11
  17. If my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., must needs pay the money, behold, I, the Lord, will pay it unto him again in the land of Missouri. 56:12
  18. Repent ... because you seek to counsel in your own ways. 56:14
  19. Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor. 56:16
  20. Wo unto you poor men ... whose bellies are not satisfied ... and who will not labor with your own hands! 56:17
  21. And now I make an end of speaking unto you. Even so. Amen. 56:20
  22. Hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, who have assembled yourselves together, according to my commandments, in this land, which is the land of Missouri, which is the land which I have appointed and consecrated for the gathering of the saints. 57:1
  23. This is the land of promise, and the place for the city of Zion. 57:2
  24. Here is wisdom. Behold, the place which is now called Independence is the center place; and a spot for the temple is lying westward, upon a lot which is not far from the courthouse. 57:3
  25. It is wisdom that the land should be purchased by the saints, and also every tract lying westward, even unto the line running directly between Jew and Gentile. 57:4
  26. And also every tract bordering by the prairies, inasmuch as my disciples are enabled to buy lands. Behold, this is wisdom, that they may obtain it for an everlasting inheritance. 57:5
  27. Let my servant Sidney Gilbert ... receive moneys, to be an agent unto the church, to buy land in all the regions round about, inasmuch as can be done in righteousness, and as wisdom shall direct. 57:6
  28. Let my servant Edward Partridge ... divide unto the saints their inheritance. 57:7
  29. Let my servant Sidney Gilbert plant himself in this place, and establish a store, that he may sell goods without fraud, that he may obtain money to buy lands. 57:8
  30. Let my servant Sidney Gilbert obtain a license - behold here is wisdom, and whoso readeth let him understand - that he may send goods also unto the people. 57:9
  31. Let my servant William W. Phelps be planted in this place, and be established as a printer unto the church. 57:11
  32. Behold here is wisdom - let him obtain whatsoever he can obtain in righteousnes. 57:12
  33. Let my servant Oliver Cowdery assist him ... in whatsoever place I shall appoint unto him, to copy, and to correct, and select, that all things may be right before me, as it shall be proved by the Spirit through him. 57:13
  34. Let those of whom I have spoken be planted in the land of Zion, as speedily as can be, with their families. 57:14
  35. Unto the residue of both elders and members further directions shall be given hereafter. Even so. Amen. 57:16
  36. Hearken ... give ear ... and learn of me. 57:1
  37. Edward Partridge ... if he repent not of his sins, which are unbelief and blindness of heart.... 57:14-15
  38. the laws which ye have received from my hand are the laws of the church, and in this light ye shall hold them forth. Behold, here is wisdom. 57:23
  39. I command and men obey not; I revoke ... Then they say in their hearts: This is not the work of the Lord, for his promises are not fulfilled. But wo unto such, for their reward lurketh beneath, and not from above.. 57:32-33
  40. It is wisdom in me that my servant Martin Harris should be an example unto the church, in laying his moneys before the bishop of the church ... every man that cometh unto this land to receive an inheritance; and he shall do with his moneys. 57:35-36

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