The Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiSmith, Joseph, Jr.
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The Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Sacred books; Latter Day Saint churches -- Sacred books
7:6 I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them that plucked
off the hair. I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7:7 For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded.
Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not
be ashamed.
7:8 And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me. Who will contend with
me? Let us stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him come near me,
and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth.
7:9 For the Lord God will help me. And all they who shall condemn me,
behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth shall eat
them up.
7:10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of
his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?
7:11 Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with
sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have
kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand—ye shall lie down in sorrow.
2 Nephi Chapter 8
8:1 Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look unto the
rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye
are digged.
8:2 Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you;
for I called him alone, and blessed him.
8:3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste
places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like
the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein,
thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
8:4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for
a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a
light for the people.
8:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm
shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm
shall they trust.
8:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath;
for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax
old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like
manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall
not be abolished.
8:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose
heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither
be ye afraid of their revilings.
8:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall
eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my
salvation from generation to generation.
8:9 Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the
ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the
dragon?
8:10 Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the great
deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to
pass over?
8:11 Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with
singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their
heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning
shall flee away.
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