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Couplets
AB, ABC, ABCD Couplet Parallelism in the Book of Mormon
Hebrew Poetry exists in phrases called 'couplets.'
The couplets occur in pairs where couplet A (the first statement) is explained by couplet B.
Rhythm exists within the phrases where A is stated (slight pause) then B.
A_____, (pause)
B_____.
B always explains or adds to A. If there is an A, there will be a B.
"B" (or C or D if they exist) are often the conclusion summary. AB Couplets overlap synthetic parallelism.
Watson and Kugel teach that the point of stating "A" is to state "B." Or in other words, "B" the conclusion, is the most important point.
Some Hebrew Poetry adds a "C" and "D" explanation. Sometimes the B/C/D comes by contrasting with "A" (the antithesis).
Proverbs is the best biblical book of AB couplets, but they occur through out the Bible and Book of Mormon.
(A) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:
(B) But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
(B is the point, made by antithesis)
(A) My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
(B) And forsake not the law of thy mother:
(Notice in Proverbs how (B) phrase expands on (A).)
The Book of Mormon contains beautiful Hebrew Couplets.
Punctuation in the existing printed Book of Mormon does not always show the format of AB/ABC/ABCD couplets. Formatting has been added here:
AB
(A) Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to
give heed unto the word of the Lord,
(B) Yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul
and with all the faculty which I possessed
that they would give heed to the word of God
and remember to keep His commandments always in all things.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 15:25)
(A) And behold, are we not broken off from the house of Israel?
(B) And are we not a branch of the house of Israel?
(LDS: 1 Nephi 15:12)
(A) Behold, the Lord hath created the earth,
(B) that it should be inhabited;
(A) And He hath created His children,
(B) that they should possess it.
(A) And He raiseth up a righteous nation,
(B) And destroyeth the nations of the
wicked.
(A) And He leadeth away the righteous into precious lands;
(B) And the wicked He destroyeth,
(C) And curseth the land unto them for
their sakes.
(A) He ruleth high in the heavens,
(B) for it is His throne and this earth
is His footstool.
(C) And He loveth them which will have Him to be their God;
(A) Behold, He loved our fathers,
(B) And He covenanted with them,
(C) yea, even Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
(B) And He remembered the covenants which
He had made;
(A) Wherefore, He did bring them out of the Land of Egypt.
(B) And He did straiten them in the wilderness with His rod,
(C) for they hardened their hearts even as ye have;
(B) And the Lord straitened them because
of their iniquity;
(A) He sent flying fiery serpents among them;
(B) And after they were bitten, He
prepared a way that they might be healed;
(A) And the labor which they had to perform was to look;
(B) And because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it,
(B) There were many which perished.
(A) And they did harden their hearts from time to time,
(B) And they did revile against Moses and
also against God;
(A) Nevertheless, ye know that they were led forth by His matchless
power into the Land of Promise.
(A) And now after all these things, the time has come that they have
become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness;
(B) And I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed,
(A) For I know that the day must surely come that they must be
destroyed,
(B) Save a few only which shall be led
away into captivity.
(A) Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart into
the wilderness;
(B) And the Jews also sought to take away his life, yea, and ye also
have sought to take away his life;
(A) Wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like unto
them.
(B) Ye are swift to do iniquity, but slow to remember the Lord your
God;
(A) Ye have seen an angel and he spake unto you;
(B) Yea, ye have heard His voice from
time to time,
(A) And He hath spoken unto you in a still small voice,
(B) but ye were past feeling that ye
could not feel His words;
(A) Wherefore, He hath spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder
(B) Which did cause the earth to shake as
if it were to divide asunder.
(A) And ye also know that by the power of His almighty word He can cause
the earth that it shall pass away;
(B) Yea, and ye know that by His word He can cause that rough places
be made smooth and smooth places shall be broken up;
(A) O then, why is it that ye can be so hard in your hearts?
(B) Behold, my soul is rent with anguish because of you and my heart
is pained, I fear lest ye shall be cast off forever.
(C) Behold, I am full of the Spirit of God insomuch as if my frame
had no strength.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:47)
Behold, the Lord esteemeth
all flesh in one;
(A) He that is righteous is favored of God;
(B) But behold, this people had rejected every word of God,
(C) And they were ripe in iniquity, And the
fullness of the wrath of God was upon them;
(A) And the Lord did curse the land against them and bless it unto our
fathers;
(B) Yea, He did curse it against them unto
their destruction,
(C) And He did bless it unto our fathers unto their obtaining power
over it.
(A) Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should be
inhabited;
(B) And He hath created His children that they should possess it.
(A) And He raiseth up a righteous nation,
(B) And destroyeth the nations of the
wicked.
(A) And He leadeth away the righteous into precious lands;
(B) And the wicked He destroyeth,
(C) And curseth the land unto them for their
sakes.
(A) He ruleth high in the heavens for it is His throne
(B) And this earth is His footstool.
(A) And He loveth them which will have Him to be their God;
(B) Behold, He loved our fathers,
(C) And He covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
(D) And He remembered the covenants which He
had made;
(A) Wherefore, He did bring them out of the Land of Egypt.
(B) And He did straiten them in the wilderness with His rod, for they hardened their hearts even as ye have;
(C) And the Lord straitened them because of
their iniquity;
(A) He sent flying fiery serpents among them;
(B) And after they were bitten, He prepared
a way that they might be healed;
(C) And the labor which they had to perform was to look;
(D) And because of the simpleness of the
way, or the easiness of it, there were many which perished.
(A) And they did harden their hearts from time to time,
(B) And they did revile against Moses and
also against God;
(C) Nevertheless, ye know that they were led forth by His matchless
power into the Land of Promise.
(A) And now after all these things, the time has come that they have
become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness;
(B) And I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed,
(C) For I know that the day must surely come that they must be
destroyed, save a few only which shall be led away into captivity.
(A) Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father
that he should depart into the wilderness;
(B) And the Jews also sought to take away his life,
(C) yea, and ye also have sought to take
away his life;
(D) Wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like
unto them.
(A) Ye are swift to do iniquity,
(B) But slow to remember the Lord your God;
(A) Ye have seen an angel and he spake unto you;
(B) Yea, ye have heard His voice from time
to time,
(A) And He hath spoken unto you in a still small voice,
(B) But ye were past feeling that ye could
not feel His words;
(A) Wherefore, He hath spoken unto you like
unto the voice of thunder which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to
divide asunder.
(B) And ye also know that by the power of His almighty word He can
cause the earth that it shall pass away;
(C) Yea, and ye know that by His word He can cause that rough
places be made smooth and smooth places shall be broken up;
(D) O then, why is it that ye can be so hard in your hearts?
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:47)
(A) And after they had crossed the River Jordan He did make them mighty unto the driving out the children of the land,
(B) yea, unto the scattering them to destruction.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:32)
(A) Wherefore, He will preserve the righteous by His power,
(B) Even if it so be that the fullness of His wrath must come,
(A) And the righteous be preserved,
(B) Even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire;
(LDS: 1 Nephi 22:17)
(A) And He shall feed His sheep,
(B) And in Him they shall find pasture.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 22:25)
(A) But behold, His will be done,
(B) for His ways are righteousness forever;
(A) And He hath said that, 'Inasmuch as ye shall keep My commandments,
(B) ye shall prosper in the land,
(A) But inasmuch as ye will not keep My commandments,
(B) ye shall be cut off from My presence.'
(LDS: 2 Nephi 1:20)
(A) But I know that he hath not sought for power nor authority over you,
(B) But he hath sought the glory of God and your own eternal welfare.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 1:25)
(A) For my soul delighteth in the scriptures,
(B) And my heart pondereth them and
writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children;
(A) Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord,
(B) And my heart pondereth
continually upon the things which I have seen and heard.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:16)
(A) And why should I yield to sin because
of my flesh?
(B) Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that the evil one
have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul?
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:27)
(A) Yea, I know that God will give
liberally to him that asketh;
(B) Yea, my God will give me if I ask not amiss;
(A) Therefore, I will lift up my voice unto Thee;
(B) Yea, I will cry unto Thee, my
God, the Rock of my righteousness;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:35)
(A) Behold, He hath heard my cry by day,
(B) And He hath given me knowledge by visions in the nighttime;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:23)
(A) And now behold, the Lord remembereth all they which are broken off;
(B) Wherefore, He remembereth us also;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 10:22)
(A) For the right way is to believe in Christ and deny Him not,
(B) For by denying Him ye also deny
the prophets and the law.
(A) And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in
Christ and deny Him not;
(B) And Christ is the Holy One of
Israel.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 25:29)
(A) Wherefore, the law hath become dead unto us,
(B) And we are made alive in Christ
because of our faith;
(A) Yet we keep the law because of the commandments;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 25:25)
(A) Yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord
(B) until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 26:22)
(A) Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known;
(B) Yea, all things shall be made
known unto the children of men -
(A) There is nothing which is secret,
(B) save it shall be revealed;
(A) There is no work of darkness,
(B) save it shall be made manifest in the light;
(A) And there is nothing which is sealed upon earth,
(B) save it shall be loosed -
(C) Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the
children of men shall at that day be revealed;
(D) And Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of
men no more for a long time.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 30:18)
(A) For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants of the earth;
(B) And in that day that they are
fully ripe in iniquity, they shall perish.
(C) But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of
their wickedness and abominations, they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord
of Hosts.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 28:17)
(A) Wo be unto the Gentiles saith the Lord God of Hosts;
(B) For notwithstanding I shall
lengthen out Mine arm unto them from day to day they will deny Me;
(A) Nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if
they will repent and come unto Me,
(B) For Mine arm is lengthened out
all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 28:32)
(A) Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught,
(B) And revile against that which is good and say that it is of no worth.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 28:16)
(A) And the things which I have written in weakness will He make strong unto them,
(B) For it persuadeth them to do good;
(A) It maketh known unto them of their fathers,
(B) And it speaketh of Jesus,
And persuadeth men to believe in Him and to endure to the end, which is life eternal,
(LDS: 2 Nephi 33:4)
(A) For they had suffered many things
(B) They had suffered hunger, thirst and fatigue.
(LDS: Mosiah 7:16)
(A) And it shall come to pass that I will smite this My people with sore afflictions,
(B) Yea, with famine and with pestilence;
(C) And I will cause that they shall howl all the day long;
(LDS: Mosiah 12:4)
(A) For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah and that God should redeem His people?
(B) Yea, and even all the prophets which have prophesied ever since the world began,
(LDS: Mosiah 13:33)
(A) Now they were desirous to become even
as Alma and his brethren which had fled into the wilderness -
(B) They were desirous to be baptized as a witness and a testimony
that they were willing to serve God with all their hearts -
(LDS: Mosiah 21:35)
(A) And he commanded them that they should observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy,
(B) And also every day they should give thanks to the Lord their God.
(LDS: Mosiah 18:23)
(A) And they did humble themselves even to the dust,
(B) Subjecting themselves to the yoke of bondage,
(A) Submitting themselves to be smitten and to be driven to and fro and burdened,
(B) According to the desires of their enemies;
(LDS: Mosiah 21:13)
(A) And they did humble themselves,
(B) Even in the depths of humility;
(A) And they did cry mightily to God,
(B) Yea, even all the day long did they cry unto their God,
(C) That He would deliver them out of their afflictions.
(LDS: Mosiah 21:14)
(A) Yea, and in the Valley of Alma they poured out their thanks to God
(B) Because He had been merciful unto them
(C) And eased their burdens and had
delivered them out of bondage,
(A) For they were in bondage
(B) And none could deliver them
except it were the Lord their God;
(LDS: Mosiah 24:21)
(A) Now it came to pass that Alma and his people, in the nighttime, gathered their flocks together, and also of their grain,
(B) Yea, even all the nighttime were
they gathering their flocks together;
(A) And in the morning the Lord caused a deep sleep to come upon the
Lamanites,
(B) Yea, and all their taskmasters
were in a profound sleep.
(LDS: Mosiah 24:19)
(A) And it came to pass that they pitched their tents and began to till the ground and began to build buildings, etc.
(B) Yea, they were industrious and did labor exceedingly.
(LDS: Mosiah 23:5)
(A) And it came to pass that after Alma had taught the people many things and had made an end of speaking to them, that King Limhi was desirous that he might be baptized,
(B) And all his people were desirous that they might be baptized also;
(LDS: Mosiah 25:17)
(A) I was in the darkest abyss,
(B) But now I behold the marvelous light of God.
(LDS: Mosiah 27:29)
(A) My soul was racked with eternal torment,
(B) But I am snatched and my soul is pained no more.
(LDS: Mosiah 27:29)
(A) Now it is better that a man should be judged of God than of man, for the judgments of God are always just,
(B) But the judgments of man are not always just;
(LDS: Mosiah 29:12)
(A) Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right,
(B) But it is common for the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right;
(LDS: Mosiah 29:26)
(A) For they did not look upon him as a tyrant who was seeking for gain,
(B) Yea, for that lucre which doth corrupt the soul,
(LDS: Mosiah 29:40)
(A) For he had not exacted riches of them,
(B) Neither had he delighted in the shedding of blood,
(A) But he had established peace in the land
(B) And he had granted unto his people that they should be delivered from all manner of bondage;
(LDS: Mosiah 29:40)
(A) That they might reap their rewards according to their works –
(B) Whether they were good or whether they were bad,
(A) To reap eternal happiness or eternal misery according to the spirit which he listed to obey –
(B) Whether it be a good spirit or a bad one;
(LDS: Alma 3:26)
(A) Therefore, come and be baptized unto repentance,
(B) That ye may be washed from your sins,
(A) That ye may have faith on the lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world,
(B) Which is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.
(LDS: Alma 7:14)
(A) Then if our hearts have been hardened,
(B) Yea, if we have hardened our hearts against the word insomuch that it hath not been found in us,
(C) Then will our state be awful, for then we shall be condemned;
(LDS: Alma 12:13)
(A) And our thoughts will also condemn us;
(B) And in this awful state, we
shall not durst look up to our God;
(C) And we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and
the mountains to fall upon us to hide us from His presence.
(LDS: Alma 12:14)
(A) And it was this same Melchizedek to whom Abraham paid tithes,
(B) Yea, even our father Abraham paid tithes of one tenth part of all he possessed.
(LDS: Alma 13:15)
(A) Yea, he that repenteth, and exerciseth faith,
And bringeth forth good works,
And prayeth continually without ceasing,
(B) Unto such it is given to know the mysteries of God;
(A) Yea, unto such it shall be given to
reveal things which never have been revealed;
(B) Yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands of
souls to repentance,
(C) Even as it hath been given
unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance.
(LDS: Alma 26:22)
(A) And thousands were brought to the knowledge of the Lord,
(B) Yea, thousands were brought to believe in the traditions of the Nephites;
(C) And they were taught the records and the prophecies which were handed down, even to the present time.
(LDS: Alma 23:5)
(A) They did lay down the weapons of their rebellion
(B) That they did not fight against God anymore,
(C) Neither against any of their brethren.
(LDS: Alma 23:7)
(A) For behold, the Lord doth grant unto all nations, of their own nation and tongue, to teach His word,
(B) Yea, in wisdom all that He seeth fit that they should have.
(C) Therefore, we see that the Lord doth counsel in His wisdom according to that which is just and true.
(LDS: Alma 29:8)
And behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent and coming to the Lord their God,
Then is my soul filled with joy,
Then do I remember what the Lord has done for me,
Yea, even that He hath heard my prayer,
Yea, then do I remember His merciful arm which He extended toward me.
(LDS: Alma 29:10)
Yea, and I also remember the captivity of my fathers,
For I surely do know that the Lord did deliver them out of bondage and by this did establish His church;
Yea, the Lord God - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob did deliver them out of bondage;
(LDS: Alma 29:11)
Alma 15:64 Yea, I have always remembered the captivity of my fathers, And that same God who delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians did deliver them out of bondage, Yea, and that same God did establish His church among them.
(LDS: Alma 29:12)
O my brethren, if ye could
be healed by merely casting about your eyes that ye might behold, would ye not
behold quickly? Or would ye rather harden your hearts in unbelief and be
slothful, that ye would not cast about your eyes that ye might perish?
If so, wo shall come upon you; But if not so, then cast about your eyes and
begin to believe in the Son of God, that He will come to redeem His people, And
that He shall suffer and die to atone for their sins,
(LDS: Alma 33:22)
Therefore, may God grant
unto you, my brethren, that ye might begin to exercise your faith unto
repentance, That ye begin to call upon His holy name that He would have mercy
upon you; Yea, cry unto Him for mercy, for He is mighty to save;
Yea, humble yourselves and continue in prayer unto Him - Cry unto Him when ye
are in your fields, yea, over all your flocks; Cry unto Him in your houses,
yea, over all your household, both morning, midday and evening; Yea, cry unto
Him against the power of your enemies; Yea, cry unto Him against the devil which
is an enemy to all righteousness;
Cry unto Him over the crops of your fields that ye may prosper in them; Cry
over the flocks of your fields that they may increase.
But this is not all - Ye must pour out your souls in your closets and your
secret places and in your wilderness;
Yea, and when you do not cry unto the Lord, Let your hearts be full, drawn out
in prayer unto Him continually for your welfare, and also for the welfare of
those that are around you.
(LDS: Alma 34:27)
(A) And the Lord provided for them,
(B) That they should hunger not neither should they thirst,
(A) Yea, and He also gave them strength that they should suffer no manner of afflictions,
(B) Save it were swallowed up in the joy of Christ.
(LDS: Alma 31:38)
(A) For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God;
(B) Yea, behold, the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.
(LDS: Alma 34:32)
Nay, ye cannot say this,
(A) For that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life,
(B) That same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.
(LDS: Alma 34:34)
(A) And this I know because the Lord hath said He dwelleth not in unholy temples,
(B) But in the hearts of the righteous doth He dwell;
(LDS: Alma 34:36)
Alma 17:2 I would that ye should do as I have done in remembering the captivity of our fathers, For they were in bondage and none could deliver them except it was the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, And He surely did deliver them in their afflictions.
(LDS: Alma 36:2)
(A) The soul shall be restored to the body and the body to the soul,
(B) Yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body,
(A) Yea, even a hair of their heads shall not be lost;
(B) But all things shall be restored to
its proper and perfect frame.
(A) And now my son, this is the restoration of which has been spoken
by the mouths of the prophets,
(B) And then shall the righteous shine
forth in the kingdom of God.
(A) But behold, an awful death cometh upon the wicked,
(B) For they die as to things pertaining to things of righteousness,
(A) For they are unclean and no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God;
(B) But they are cast out and consigned to partake of the fruits of their labors or their works which have been evil,
And they drink
the dregs of a bitter cup.
(A) And now my son, I have somewhat to say concerning the restoration
of which has been spoken,
(B) For behold, some have wrested the
scriptures and have gone far astray because of this thing;
(A) And I perceive that thy mind hath been worried also concerning
this thing,
(B) But behold, I will explain it unto
thee.
(A) I say unto thee, my son, that the plan of restoration is requisite
with the justice of God,
(B) For it is requisite that all things
should be restored to their proper order;
(LDS: Alma 41:2)
(A) And thus we see that all mankind were fallen;
(B) And they were in the grasp of
justice, yea, the justice of God which consigned them forever to be cut off
from His presence.
(A) And now the plan of mercy could not be brought about, except an
atonement should be made;
(B) Therefore, God Himself atoneth for the sins of the world
(A) To bring about the plan of mercy
(B) To appease the demands of justice,
(A) That God might be a perfect just God
(B) And a merciful God also.
(LDS: Alma 42:15)
(A) O my son, I desire that ye should
deny the justice of God no more;
(B) Do not endeavor to excuse yourself in the least point because of
your sins, by denying the justice of God,
(A) But do you let the justice of God and His mercy and His longsuffering have full sway in your heart,
(B) But let it bring you down to the
dust in humility.
(LDS: Alma 42:30)
(A) The one, on one hand;
(B) The other, on the other –
(A) The one, raised to happiness, according to his desires of happiness,
(B) Or good, according to his desires of good;
(A) And the other, to evil,
(B) According to his desires of evil,
(A) For as he has desired to do evil all the day long,
(B) Even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh.
(LDS: Alma 41:5)
(A) These are they that are redeemed of the Lord,
(B) Yea, these are they that are taken out,
(C) That are delivered from that endless night of darkness.
(A) And thus they stand or fall,
(B) For behold, they are their own judges whether to do good or do evil.
(LDS: Alma 41:7)
(A) If he hath desired to do evil and hath not repented in his days,
(B) Behold, evil shall be done unto him according to the restoration of God.
(LDS: Alma 42:28)
(A) But behold I have somewhat to prophesy unto thee,
(B) But what I prophesy unto thee ye shall not make known,
(C) Yea, what I prophesy unto thee shall not be made known even until the prophecy is fulfilled;
(A) Therefore, write the words which I shall say.
(LDS: Alma 45:9)
(A) Behold, it came to pass that the son of Nephihah was appointed to fill the judgment seat in the stead of his father;
(B) Yea, he was appointed chief judge and governor over the people, with an oath and sacred ordinance to judge righteously,
And to keep the peace and the freedom of the people,
And to grant unto them their sacred privileges to worship the Lord their God,
(LDS: Alma 50:39)
(A) And they are strict to remember the Lord their God from day to day;
(B) Yea, they do observe to keep His statutes and His judgments and His commandments continually;
(C) And their faith is strong in the prophecies concerning that which is to come.
(LDS: Alma 58:40)
(A) And now behold, I say unto you that myself and also my men and also Helaman and his men have suffered exceeding great sufferings –
(B) Yea, even hunger, thirst and fatigue and all manner of afflictions of every kind.
(LDS: Alma 60:3)
(A) But he did also mourn exceedingly because of the iniquity of those who had driven Pahoron from the judgment seat;
(B) Yea, in fine, because of those who had rebelled against their country, and also their God.
(LDS: Alma 62:2)
(A) And thus it became expedient that this law should be strictly observed for the safety of their country;
(B) Yea, and whosoever was found denying their freedom was speedily executed according to the law.
(LDS: Alma 62:10)
(A) For I will, ' saith the Lord, 'that they shall hide up their treasures unto Me;
(B) And cursed be they who hideth not up their treasures unto Me;
(C) For none hideth up their
treasures unto Me save it be the righteous;
(A) And he that hideth not up his treasure unto Me, cursed is he, and
also the treasure,
(B) And none shall redeem it because of
the curse of the land.
(LDS: Helaman 13:19)
(A) He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil,
(B) And He hath given unto you that ye might choose life or death;
(A) And ye can do good and be restored unto that which is good,
(B) Or have that which is good restored unto you;
(A) Or ye can do evil
(B) And have that which is evil restored unto you.
(LDS: Helaman 14:31)
(A) For behold, they have been a chosen people of the Lord;
(B) Yea, the people of Nephi hath He loved;
(A) And also hath He chastened them,
(B) Yea, in the days of their iniquities hath He chastened them because He loveth them.
(LDS: Helaman 15:3)
(A) And it came to pass that there was no darkness in all that night,
(B) But it was as light as though it was midday.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 1:19)
(A) Yea, and surely shall He again bring
a remnant of the seed of Joseph to the knowledge of the Lord their God;
(B) And as surely as the Lord liveth will He gather in from the four
quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob which are scattered
abroad upon all the face of the earth.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 5:24)
(A) But verily I say unto you that the Father hath commanded Me,
(B) and I tell it unto you, that ye were separated from among them because of their iniquity;
(A) Therefore, it is because of their
iniquity that they know not of you.
(B) And verily I say unto you again, that the other tribes hath the
Father separated from them,
And it is because of their iniquity that they know not of them.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 15:20)
(A) Behold, I Am the law and the light;
(B) Look unto Me and endure to the end and ye shall live,
(C) For unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 15:9)
(A) For thus saith the Lord: Ye have sold yourselves for naught;
(B) And ye shall be redeemed without money.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 20:38)
(A) Verily, verily I say unto you that My people shall know My name –
(B) Yea, in that day they shall know that I Am He that doth speak.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 20:39)
(A) For a small moment have I forsaken thee,
(B) But with great mercies will I gather thee.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 22:7)
(A) In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment;
(B) But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 22:8)
(A) For the mountains shall depart, And the hills be removed,
(B) But My kindness shall not depart from thee,
(C) Neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 22:10)
(A) Therefore, great and marvelous works
shall be wrought by them before the great and coming day when all people must
surely stand before the judgment seat of Christ;
(B) Yea, even among the Gentiles shall there be a great and
marvelous work wrought by them before that judgment day.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 28:32)
(A) And if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ,
(B) And He will manifest the truth of it unto you by the power of the Holy Ghost;
(C) And by the power of the Holy Ghost, ye may know the truth of all things;
(LDS: Moroni 10:5)
(A) And whatsoever thing is good, is just and true;
(B) Wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that He is.
(LDS: Moroni 10:6)
Moroni 10:7 And ye may know that He is by the power of the Holy Ghost;
(A) Wherefore, I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God;
(B) For He worketh by power according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow and forever.
(LDS: Moroni 10:7)
A/B A/B/C
(A) Yea, I know that God will give liberally
to him that asketh;
(B) Yea, my God will give me if I ask not amiss;
(A) Therefore, I will lift up my voice unto Thee;
(B) Yea, I will cry unto Thee, my God,
the Rock of my righteousness;
(C) Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto Thee, my Rock
and mine Everlasting God. Amen.
(Notice the parallel parts of each phrase: Voice/Cry/Forever Ascend
and Thee/Rock/Rock and Everlasting God)
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:35)
(A) Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles, and also concerning the house of Israel
(B) That they should be compared like unto
an olive tree whose branches should be broken off and should be scattered upon
all the face of the earth;
(A) Wherefore, he said it must needs be that we should be led with one
accord into the Land of Promise,
(B) Unto the fulfilling of the word of the
Lord that we should be scattered upon all the face of the earth;
(A) And after that the house of Israel should be scattered,
(B) They should be gathered together again;
(LDS: 1 Nephi 10:14)
(A) Wherefore, He did provide ways and means
for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness.
(B) And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, even eight
years in the wilderness.
(C) And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful because
of its much fruit, and also wild honey;
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:5)
(A) Yea, and the Lord said also that, After
ye have arrived to the Promised Land ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God,
(B) And that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction -
(C) Yea, that I did bring you out of the Land of Jerusalem.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:14)
(A) For hast not the Lord been merciful to
show unto me concerning them, even as He hast prophets of old?
(B) For He surely did show unto prophets of old all things concerning
them,
(C) And also He did show unto many concerning us;
(LDS: 1 Nephi 19:21)
(A) Wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep My commandments ye shall be led toward the Promised Land,
(B) And ye shall know that it is by Me that
ye are led.
(C) Yea, and the Lord said also that, After ye have arrived to the
Promised Land ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God,
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:14)
(A) And my parents, being stricken in years and having suffered much grief because of their children,
(B) they were brought down, yea, even upon
their sickbeds;
(A) Because of their grief and much sorrow and the iniquity of my
brethren, they were brought near even to be carried out of this time to meet
their God;
(B) Yea, their grey hairs were about to be brought down to lie low in
the dust,
(C) Yea, even they were near to be cast with sorrow into a watery
grave.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 18:18)
1 Nephi 5:25
(A) And it came to pass that Laman and
Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael did begin to murmur exceedingly because of their
sufferings and afflictions in the wilderness,
(B) And also my father began to murmur against the Lord his God;
(A) Yea, and they were all exceeding sorrowful,
(B) Even that they did
murmur against the Lord.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 16:20)
1 Nephi 5:129
(A) And He leadeth away the righteous
into precious lands;
(B) And the wicked He
destroyeth and curseth the land unto them for their sakes.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:38)
1 Nephi 5:214
(A) And it came to pass that we did
begin to till the earth
(B) And we began to plant seeds,
(C) Yea, we did put all our
seeds into the earth which we had brought from the Land of Jerusalem.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 18:24)
(A) And after that Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit,
(B) They were driven out from the garden of
Eden to till the earth;
(A) And they have brought forth children,
(B) Yea, even the family of all the earth;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 2:20)
2 Nephi 1:27
(A) O that ye would awake.
(B) Awake from a deep sleep,
(C) Yea, even from the sleep of hell,
(A) And shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound,
(B) Which are the chains which bind the children of men,
That
they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and wo.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 1:13)
2 Nephi 3:62-2
Nephi 3:63
(A) I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh,
(B) For I know that cursed is he that
putteth his trust in the arm of flesh,
(C) Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh
his arm;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:34)
(A) Yea, and I know that ye know that in the
body He shall show Himself unto they at Jerusalem from whence we came,
(B) For it is expedient that it should be among them;
(C) For it behooveth the great Creator that He suffereth Himself
to become subject unto man in the flesh and die for all men, that all men might
become subject unto Him;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 9:5)
(A) And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of iniquity,
(B) Even so have they been destroyed
from generation to generation according to their iniquities;
(C) And never hath any of them been destroyed, save it were
foretold them by the prophets of the Lord;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 25:9)
(A) And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember your seed,
(B) And that the words of your seed should
proceed forth out of My mouth unto your seed.
(C) And My words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth for a
standard unto My people which are of the house of Israel;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 29:2)
(A) For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews,
and they shall write it;
(B) And I shall also speak unto the Nephites, and they shall
write it;
(C) And I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of
Israel which I have led away, and they shall write it;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 29:12)
Jacob 2:57
(A) Behold, their husbands love their
wives
(B) And their wives love their husbands,
(C) And their husbands and
their wives love their children;
(LDS: Jacob 3:7)
Jacob
4:12-Jacob 4:13
(A) Behold, will ye reject these words?
(B) Will ye reject the words of the prophets?
(C) And will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after that so many have spoken concerning Him?
And deny the good word of Christ and the power of God and the gift of the Holy Ghost?
And quench the Holy Spirit
And make a mock
of the great plan of redemption which hath been laid for you?
(LDS: Jacob 6:8)
(A) And behold, all that He requires of you is to keep His commandments;
(B) And He hath promised you that if ye
would keep His commandments, ye should prosper in the land;
(A) And He never doth vary from that which He hath said;
(B) Therefore, if ye do keep His
commandments, He doth bless you and prosper you.
(LDS: Mosiah 2:22)
Mosiah 1:64
(A) Therefore, as I said unto you that I
had served you, walking with a clear conscience before God,
(B) Even so, I at this time have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might be found blameless,
(C) And that your blood
should not come upon me when I shall stand to be judged of God of the things
whereof He hath commanded me concerning you.
(LDS: Mosiah 2:27)
Mosiah 9:154
(A) And they did humble themselves, even
in the depths of humility;
(B) And they did cry mightily to God,
(C) Yea, even all the day
long did they cry unto their God, that He would deliver them out of their
afflictions.
(LDS: Mosiah 21:14)
Mosiah 9:167
(A) Nevertheless, they did find a land
which had been peopled,
(B) Yea, a land which was covered with dry bones,
(C) Yea, a land which had
been peopled and which had been destroyed;
(LDS: Mosiah 21:26)
Mosiah 9:169
(A) And they brought a record with them,
(B) Even a record of the people whose bones they had found,
(C) And they were engraven
on plates of ore.
(LDS: Mosiah 21:27)
Mosiah
11:23-Mosiah 11:24
(A) Nevertheless, the Lord seeth fit to chasten His people,
(B) yea, He trieth their patience and their
faith;
(A) Nevertheless, whosoever putteth his trust in Him,
(B) the same shall be lifted up at the last
day;
(LDS: Mosiah 23:22)
Mosiah 11:27
(A) And it came to pass that He did
deliver them,
(B) And He did show forth His mighty power unto them;
(C) And great were their
rejoicings.
(LDS: Mosiah 23:24)
Mosiah 11:95
(A) Therefore, Alma did go forth into
the water and did baptize them,
(B) Yea, he did baptize
them after the manner he did his brethren in the Waters of Mormon;
(LDS: Mosiah 25:18)
Alma 1:111
(A) Now we will return again to the
Amlicites, for they also had a mark set upon them;
(B) Yea, they set the mark upon themselves,
(C) Yea, even a mark of red
upon their foreheads.
(LDS: Alma 3:13)
Alma 2:4
(A) And they began to establish the
church more fully;
(B) Yea, and many were
baptized in the waters of Sidon and were joined to the church of God,
(LDS: Alma 4:4)
Alma 14:41
(A) And now my brethren, if our brethren
seek to destroy us, behold, we will hide away our swords,
(B) Yea, even we will bury them deep in the earth that they may be kept bright as a testimony that we have never used them at the last day;
(A) And if our brethren destroy us,
(B) Behold, we shall go to
our God and shall be saved.
(LDS: Alma 24:16)
(A) But Ammon saith unto him: I do not boast in my own strength or in my own wisdom,
(B) But behold, my joy is full.
(C) Yea, my heart is brim with joy and
I will rejoice in my God.
(A) Yea, I know that I am nothing;
(B) As to my strength, I am weak;
(A) Therefore, I will not boast of myself,
(B) But I will boast of my God,
(A) For in His strength I can do all things.
(B) Yea, behold how many mighty miracles we have wrought in
this land for which we will praise His name forever.
(LDS: Alma 26:12)
Alma 14:97
(A) Behold, who can glory too much in
the Lord?
(B) Yea, who can say too much of His great power and of His mercy and of His longsuffering toward the children of men?
(C) Behold I say unto you,
I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.
(LDS: Alma 26:16)
Alma 15:59
(A) For behold, the Lord doth grant unto
all nations, of their own nation and tongue, to teach His word,
(B) Yea, in wisdom all that He seeth fit that they should have;
(C) Therefore, we see that
the Lord doth counsel in His wisdom according to that which is just and true.
(LDS: Alma 29:8)
Alma
16:145-Alma 16:146
(A) And now, He imparteth His word by angels unto men –
(B) Yea, not only men, but women also;
(C) Now this is not all - Little children doth have words given
unto them many times which doth confound the wise and the learned.
(LDS: Alma 32:23)
(A) And now my brethren, I desire that ye should plant this word in your hearts,
(B) And as it beginneth to swell, even so
nourish it by your faith;
(C) And behold, it will become a tree, springing up in you unto
everlasting life;
(LDS: Alma 33:23)
Alma 16:191
(A) Behold, He was spoken of by Moses;
(B) Yea, and behold, a type was raised up in the wilderness that whosoever would look upon it might live,
(C) And many did look and
live;
(LDS: Alma 33:19)
Alma 16:217
(A) And thus mercy can satisfy the
demands of justice and encircles them in the arms of safety,
(B) While he that exerciseth no faith unto repentance is exposed to the whole law of the demands of justice;
(C) Therefore, only unto
him that hath faith unto repentance is brought about the great and eternal plan
of redemption.
(LDS: Alma 34:16)
Alma 18:16
(A) Do not say, O God, I thank Thee that
we are better than our brethren,
(B) But rather say, O Lord, forgive my unworthiness and remember my brethren in mercy –
(C) Yea, acknowledge your
unworthiness before God at all times.
(LDS: Alma 38:14)
Alma 19:58
(A) The soul shall be restored to the
body and the body to the soul,
(B) Yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body,
(C) Yea, even a hair of
their heads shall not be lost but all things shall be restored to its proper
and perfect frame.
(LDS: Alma 40:23)
Alma 19:61
(A) But they are cast out and consigned
to partake of the fruits of their labors or their works which have been evil.
(B) And they drink the
dregs of a bitter cup.
(LDS: Alma 40:26)
Alma 21:122
(A) Drinking in with the traditions of
the Lamanites,
(B) Giving way to indolence and all manner of lasciviousness,
(C) Yea, entirely
forgetting the Lord their God.
(LDS: Alma 47:36)
(A) Nevertheless, Nephi and Lehi were not burned,
(B) And they were as standing in the midst
of fire and were not burned;
(C) And when they saw that they were encircled about with a pillar
of fire and that it burned them not their hearts did take courage;
(LDS: Helaman 5:24)
Helaman 5:98
(A) And ye know also that they have buried
their weapons of war,
(B) And they fear to take them up lest by any means they shall sin;
(C) Yea, ye can see that they
fear to sin.
(LDS: Helaman 15:9)
3 Nephi
2:104-3 Nephi 2:108
(A) Surely He hath blessed the house of
Jacob and hath been merciful unto the seed of Joseph;
(B) And inasmuch as the children of Lehi hath kept His commandments,
He hath blessed them and prospered them according to His word.
(C) Yea, and surely shall He again bring a remnant of the seed of
Joseph to the knowledge of the Lord their God;
(A) And as surely as the Lord liveth will He gather in from the four
quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob which are scattered
abroad upon all the face of the earth.
(B) And as He hath covenanted with all the house of Jacob, Even so
shall the covenant wherewith He hath covenanted with the house of Jacob be
fulfilled in His own due time,
(C) Unto the restoring all the house of
Jacob unto the knowledge of the covenant that He hath covenanted with them.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 5:25)
(A) And it shall come to pass that I will
establish My people, O house of Israel.
(B) And behold, this people will I establish in this land, unto the
fulfilling of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob,
(C) And it shall be a New Jerusalem.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 20:22)
(A) And it came to pass that Nephi went down
into the water and was baptized,
(B) And he came up out of the water and began to baptize,
(C) And he did baptize all they whom
Jesus had chosen.
(LDS: 3 Nephi 19:12)
4 Nephi 1:21
(A) And how blessed were they, for the
Lord did bless them in all their doings,
(B) Yea, even they were blessed and prospered until an hundred and ten years had passed away;
(C) And the first
generation from Christ had passed away and there was no contention in all the
land.
(LDS: 4 Nephi 1:18)
Ether 1:34
(A) And this cometh unto you, O ye
Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God,
(B) That ye may repent and not continue in your iniquities until the fullness be come,
(C) That ye may not bring
down the fullness of the wrath of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land
hath hitherto done.
(LDS: Ether 2:11)
Ether 5:28
(A) I give unto men weakness that they
may be humble,
(B) And My grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before Me;
(C) For if they humble
themselves before Me and have faith in Me, then will I make weak things become
strong unto them.
(LDS: Ether 12:27)
Moroni 8:4-Moroni 8:5
(A) And now my son, I speak unto you concerning that which grieveth me exceedingly;
(B) For it grieveth me that there should
disputations rise among you;
(C) For if I have learned the truth, there have been disputations
among you concerning the baptizing of your little children.
(LDS: Moroni 8:5)
ABCD
(A) Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father
that he should depart into the wilderness;
(B) And the Jews also sought to take away his life, yea,
(C) and ye also have sought to take away his
life;
(D) Wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like
unto them.
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:44)
(A) He ruleth high in the heavens,
(B) For it is His throne and this earth is
His footstool.
(A) And He loveth them which will have Him to be their God;
(B) Behold, He loved our fathers,
(C) And He covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
(D) And He remembered the covenants which He
had made;
(A) Wherefore, He did bring them out of the Land of Egypt.
(B) And He did straiten them in the wilderness with His rod,
(C) for they hardened their hearts even as ye have;
(D) And the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity;
(LDS: 1 Nephi 17:41)
(A) But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained
a Land of Promise, a land which is choice above all other lands,
(B) A land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land
for the inheritance of my seed;
(C) Yea, the Lord hath consecrated this land unto me and to my
children forever,
(D) And also all they which should be led out of other countries
by the hand of the Lord.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 1:5)
(A) Yea, my God will give me if I ask not amiss;
(B) Therefore, I will lift up my voice unto Thee;
(C) Yea, I will cry unto Thee, my God, the Rock of my
righteousness;
(D) Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto Thee, my
Rock and mine Everlasting God. Amen.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:35)
(A) Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved and handed down unto my seed from generation to generation
(B) That the promise may be fulfilled unto
Joseph that his seed should never perish as long as the earth should stand.
(C) Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to generation
as long as the earth shall stand;
(D) And they shall go according to the will and pleasure of
God;
(LDS: 2 Nephi 25:22)
Words of Mormon 1:20-Words of Mormon 1:22
(A) But behold, King Benjamin gathered together his armies and he did stand against them,
(B) And he did fight with the strength of his own arm with the sword
of Laban;
(C) And in the strength of the Lord they did contend against their
enemies until they had slain many thousands of the Lamanites.
(D) And it came to pass that they did contend against the
Lamanites until they had driven them out of all the lands of their inheritance.
(LDS: Words of
Mormon 1:14)
(A) For behold, he hath blessed mine house;
(B) He hath blessed me and my women and my
children and my father and my kinsfolk,
(C) Yea, even all my kindred hath he blessed;
(D) And the blessing of the Lord hath
rested upon us according to the words which he spake.
(LDS: Alma 10:11)
(A) And the great God has had mercy on us
and made these things known unto us, that we might not perish;
(B) Yea, and He hath made these things known unto us beforehand
because He loveth our souls, as well as He loveth our children;
(C) Therefore, in His mercy He doth visit us by His angels, that the plan of salvation might be made known unto us, as well as unto future generations;
(D) O how merciful is our God.
(LDS: Alma 24:15)
(A) Yea, blessed is the name of my God who hath been mindful of this people which are a branch of the tree of Israel and hath been lost from its body in a strange land.
(B) Yea, I say blessed be the name of my God
who hath been mindful of us wanderers in a strange land.
(C) Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people in
whatsoever land they may be in;
(D) Yea, He numbereth His people and His
bowels of mercy are over all the earth;
(LDS: Alma 26:37)
(A) And now behold, my brethren, what natural man is there that knoweth these things?
(B) I say unto you, there is none that
knoweth these things, save it be the penitent -
(C) Yea, he that repenteth, and exerciseth faith, and bringeth
forth good works, and prayeth continually without ceasing, Unto such it is
given to know the mysteries of God;
(D) Yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal things which
never have been revealed;
(LDS: Alma 26:22)
(A) And now my brethren, I would that after
ye have received so many witnesses - seeing that the holy scripture testifies
of these things - come forth and bring fruit unto repentance.
(B) Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your hearts
any longer;
(C) For behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation;
(D) And therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts
immediately shall the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you;
(LDS: Alma 34:31)
(A) Behold, He hath heard my cry by day,
(B) And He hath given me knowledge by
visions in the nighttime;
(C) And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before Him,
(A) Yea, my voice have I sent up on high,
(B) And angels came down and ministered unto
me;
(A) And upon the wings of His Spirit hath my body been carried away
upon exceeding high mountains;
(B) And mine eyes hath beheld great things,
(C) Yea, even too great for man;
(D) Therefore, I was bidden that I should
not write them.
(LDS: 2 Nephi 4:25)
Mosiah 11:196-Mosiah 11:190Mosiah 11:186-Mosiah 11:188
(A) For, said he: I have repented of my sins
and have been redeemed of the Lord; Behold, I am born of the Spirit.
(B) And the Lord said unto me: ' Marvel not that all mankind - yea,
men and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people - must be born again,
(C) Yea, born of God, Changed from their carnal and fallen
state to a state of righteousness,
(D) Being redeemed of God, becoming His sons and daughters,
(A) And thus they become new creatures;
(B) And unless they do this they can in no
wise inherit the kingdom of God.'
(LDS: Mosiah 27:26)
(A) Then if our hearts have been hardened,
(B) Yea, if we have hardened our hearts against the word insomuch that it hath not been found in us,
(C) Then will our state be awful,
(D) For then we shall be condemned;
(A) For our work will condemn us,
(B) Yea, all our work will condemn us –
(C) We shall not be found spotless;
(D) And our thoughts will also condemn us;
(A) And in this awful state, we shall not
durst look up to our God;
(B) And we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the
mountains to fall upon us to hide us from His presence.
(LDS: Alma 12:14)
Alma 14:88
(A) Blessed be the name of our God.
(B) Let us sing to His praise,
(C) Yea, let us give thanks to His holy name,
(D) For
He doth work righteousness forever.
(LDS: Alma 26:8)
Alma 14:94-Alma 14:95
(A) Yea, we have reason to praise Him forever.
(B) For He is the Most High God and has
loosed our brethren from the chains of hell;
(A) Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and
destruction,
(B) But behold, He hath brought them into His everlasting light,
(C) yea, into everlasting salvation,
(D) And they are encircled about with
the matchless bounty of His love.
(LDS: Alma 26:15)