The Book of Mormon quotes

2:15

And my father dwelt in a tent.

2:16 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord;

3:7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father:

I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.

3:8 And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words he was exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord.

4:6

And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.

4:7 Nevertheless I went forth, and as I came near unto the house of Laban I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before me, for he was drunken with wine.

6:5

Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto those who are not of the world.

6:6 Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they shall not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth unto the children of men.

and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it.

And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things.

16:30 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did go forth up into the top of the mountain, according to the directions which were given upon the ball.

21:15

For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

21:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

21:16

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

21:17 Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

2:11

For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things.

If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one;

2:25

Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.

2:26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil;

2:27

Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man.

And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.

4:28

Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin.

Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.

9:29

But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.

9:30 But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their God.

12:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

13:1 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread, and the whole stay of water—

15:20

Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

15:21 Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!

16:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said: Here am I; send me.

16:9 And he said: Go and tell this people—Hear ye indeed, but they understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.

19:2

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

19:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy—they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

20:15

Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith?

Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood!

21:6

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

21:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

28:25

Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!

28:26 Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!

29:7

Know ye not that there are more nations than one?

Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath;

33:6

I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

33:7 I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.

2:18

But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.

2:19 And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them;

5:41

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept, and said unto the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?

5:42 Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were these, had become corrupted. And now these which have once brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted;

1:8

And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen.

And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole.

4:19

For behold, are we not all beggars?

Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?

12:27

Ye have not applied your hearts to understanding; therefore, ye have not been wise.

Therefore, what teach ye this people?

15:15

And O how beautiful upon the mountains were their feet!

15:16 And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that are still publishing peace!

19:8

And now the king was not so much concerned about his people as he was about his own life; nevertheless, Gideon did spare his life.

19:9 And the king commanded the people that they should flee before the Lamanites, and he himself did go before them, and they did flee into the wilderness, with their women and their children.

24:12

And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God, but did pour out their hearts to him; and he did know the thoughts of their hearts.

24:13 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me;

24:13 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying:

Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.

24:14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage;

27:29 My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity.

I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God.

My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more.

29:12

Now it is better that a man should be judged of God than of man, for the judgments of God are always just, but the judgments of man are not always just.

29:13 Therefore, if it were possible that you could have just men to be your kings, who would establish the laws of God, and judge this people according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men for your kings who would do even as …

29:17

For behold, how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause to be committed, yea, and what great destruction!

29:18 Yea, remember king Noah, his wickedness and his abominations, and also the wickedness and abominations of his people. Behold what great destruction did come upon them; and also because of their iniquities they were brought into bondage.

3:27

For every man receiveth wages of him whom he listeth to obey

, and this according to the words of the spirit of prophecy; therefore let it be according to the truth. And thus endeth the fifth year of the reign of the judges.

5:38

Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ

; and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd, to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.

10:32

Now the object of these lawyers was to get gain; and they got gain according to their employ.

11:1 Now it was in the law of Mosiah that every man who was a judge of the law, or those who were appointed to be judges, should receive wages according to the time which they labored to judge those who were brought before them …

11:24

Believest thou that there is no God? I say unto you, Nay, thou knowest that there is a God, but thou lovest that lucre more than him.

11:25 And now thou hast lied before God unto me. Thou saidst unto me—Behold these six onties, which are of great worth, I will give unto thee—when thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me;

12:14

For our words will condemn us, yea, all our works will condemn us; we shall not be found spotless; and our thoughts will also condemn us

; and in this awful state we shall not dare to look up to our God; 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.

16:10

But behold, in one day it was left desolate; and the carcasses were mangled by dogs and wild beasts of the wilderness.

16:11 Nevertheless, after many days their dead bodies were heaped up upon the face of the earth, and they were covered with a shallow covering.

18:17 I say unto you, what is it, that thy marvelings are so great?

Behold, I am a man, and am thy servant; therefore, whatsoever thou desirest which is right, that will I do.

18:18 Now when the king had heard these words, he marveled again, for he beheld that Ammon could discern his thoughts; but notwithstanding this, king Lamoni did open his mouth, and said unto him: Who art thou?

24:15

Oh, how merciful is our God!

And now behold, since it has been as much as we could do to get our stains taken away from us, and our swords are made bright, let us hide them away that they may be kept bright, as a testimony to our God at …

29:1

O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people!

29:2 Yea, I would declare unto every soul, as with the voice of thunder, repentance and the plan of redemption, that they should repent and come unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth.

29:14

But I do not joy in my own success alone, but my joy is more full because of the success of my brethren, who have been up to the land of Nephi.

29:15 Behold, they have labored exceedingly, and have brought forth much fruit; and how great shall be their reward!

32:26 Now, as I said concerning faith—that it was not a perfect knowledge—even so it is with my words.

Ye cannot know of their surety at first, unto perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge.

32:27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe …

32:28

Now, we will compare the word unto a seed.

Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, …

34:32

For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.

34:33 And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end;

37:46 O my son, do not let us be slothful because of the easiness of the way; for so was it with our fathers; for so was it prepared for them, that if they would look they might live; even so it is with us.

The way is prepared, and if we will look we may live forever.

37:47 And now, my son, see that ye take care of these sacred things, yea, see that ye look to God and live. Go unto this people and declare the word, and be sober. My son, farewell.

38:12

Use boldness, but not overbearance; and also see that ye bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love; see that ye refrain from idleness.

38:13 Do not pray as the Zoramites do, for ye have seen that they pray to be heard of men, and to be praised for their wisdom.

42:17

Now, how could a man repent except he should sin? How could he sin if there was no law? How could there be a law save there was a punishment?

42:18 Now, there was a punishment affixed, and a just law given, which brought remorse of conscience unto man.

46:8

Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God, yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one.

46:9 Yea, and we also see the great wickedness one very wicked man can cause to take place among the children of men.

46:12 And it came to pass that he rent his coat; and he took a piece thereof, and wrote upon it—

In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children

—and he fastened it upon the end of a pole.

46:18 And he said:

Surely God shall not suffer that we, who are despised because we take upon us the name of Christ, shall be trodden down and destroyed, until we bring it upon us by our own transgressions.

46:19 And when Moroni had said these words, he went forth among the people, waving the rent part of his garment in the air, that all might see the writing which he had written upon the rent part, and crying with a loud voice, saying:

48:11 And

Moroni was a strong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect understanding; yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed

; a man whose soul did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery;

48:17

Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever

; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.

54:13

Behold, I am in my anger, and also my people; ye have sought to murder us, and we have only sought to defend ourselves.

But behold, if ye seek to destroy us more we will seek to destroy you; yea, and we will seek our land, the land of our first inheritance.

54:14 Now I close my epistle.

I am Moroni; I am a leader of the people of the Nephites.

54:15 Now it came to pass that Ammoron, when he had received this epistle, was angry; and he wrote another epistle unto Moroni, and these are the words which he wrote, saying:

56:47

Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death

; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.

56:48

And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it.

56:49 And it came to pass that I did return with my two thousand against these Lamanites who had pursued us. And now behold, the armies of Antipus had overtaken them, and a terrible battle had commenced.

60:7

Can you think to sit upon your thrones in a state of thoughtless stupor, while your enemies are spreading the work of death around you?

Yea, while they are murdering thousands of your brethren—

60:36

Behold, I am Moroni, your chief captain. I seek not for power, but to pull it down.

I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country. And thus I close mine epistle.

60:36 Behold, I am Moroni, your chief captain. I seek not for power, but to pull it down.

I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country.

And thus I close mine epistle.

6:30

And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin.

And behold, he doth carry on his works of darkness and secret murder, and doth hand down their plots, and their oaths, and their covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness, from generation to generation according as he can get hold upon the hearts of …

7:8

Yea, if my days could have been in those days, then would my soul have had joy in the righteousness of my brethren.

7:9 But behold, I am consigned that these are my days, and that my soul shall be filled with sorrow because of this the wickedness of my brethren.

12:4

O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men

; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world!

12:7

O how great is the nothingness of the children of men; yea, even they are less than the dust of the earth.

12:8 For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither, to the dividing asunder, at the command of our great and everlasting God.

12:13

Yea, and if he say unto the earth—Move—it is moved.

12:14 Yea, if he say unto the earth—Thou shalt go back, that it lengthen out the day for many hours—it is done;

13:34

Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought them for battle.

13:35 Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.

8:8

And the city of Zarahemla did take fire.

8:9 And the city of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof were drowned.

8:20

And it came to pass that there was thick darkness upon all the face of the land, insomuch that the inhabitants thereof who had not fallen could feel the vapor of darkness;

8:21 And there could be no light, because of the darkness, neither candles, neither torches; neither could there be fire kindled with their fine and exceedingly dry wood, so that there could not be any light at all;

13:21

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

13:22 The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

13:24

No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

13:25 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he looked upon the twelve whom he had chosen, and said unto them: Remember the words which I have spoken.

13:28 And why take ye thought for raiment?

Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;

13:29 And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.

13:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.

14:1 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he turned again to the multitude, and did open his mouth unto them again, saying: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Judge not, that ye be not judged.

14:1 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he turned again to the multitude, and did open his mouth unto them again, saying: Verily, verily, I say unto you,

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

14:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

14:7

Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

14:8 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

14:15

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

14:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

14:16

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

14:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

19:14

And behold, they were encircled about as if it were by fire

; and it came down from heaven, and the multitude did witness it, and did bear record; and angels did come down out of heaven and did minister unto them.

And they did smite upon the people of Jesus; but the people of Jesus did not smite again.

And thus they did dwindle in unbelief and wickedness

, from year to year, even until two hundred and thirty years had passed away.

… And about the time that Ammaron hid up the records unto the Lord, he came unto me, (I being about ten years of age, and I began to be learned somewhat after the manner of the learning of my people) and Ammaron said unto me:

I perceive that thou art a sober child, and art quick to observe;

1:3 Therefore, when ye are about twenty and four years old I would that ye should remember the things that ye have observed concerning this people;

3:10

And they did swear by the heavens, and also by the throne of God, that they would go up to battle against their enemies, and would cut them off from the face of the land.

3:11 And it came to pass that I, Mormon, did utterly refuse from this time forth to be a commander and a leader of this people, because of their wickedness and abomination.

4:11

And it is impossible for the tongue to describe, or for man to write a perfect description of the horrible scene of the blood and carnage which was among the people

, both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites; and every heart was hardened, so that they delighted in the shedding of blood continually.

5:23

Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll?

5:24 Therefore, repent ye, and humble yourselves before him, lest he shall come out in justice against you—lest a remnant of the seed of Jacob shall go forth among you as a lion, and tear you in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

6:17

O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!

6:18 Behold, if ye had not done this, ye would not have fallen. But behold, ye are fallen, and I mourn your loss.

6:20

But behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows cannot bring your return.

6:21 And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become incorruptible bodies;

8:17

And if there be faults they be the faults of a man.

But behold, we know no fault; nevertheless God knoweth all things; therefore, he that condemneth, let him be aware lest he shall be in danger of hell fire.

8:22

For the eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises shall be fulfilled.

8:23 Search the prophecies of Isaiah. Behold, I cannot write them. Yea, behold I say unto you, that those saints who have gone before me, who have possessed this land, shall cry, yea, even from the dust will they cry unto the Lord;

8:35

Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not.

But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.

8:37

For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.

8:38 O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ?

9:16

Behold, are not the things that God hath wrought marvelous in our eyes? Yea, and who can comprehend the marvelous works of God?

9:17 Who shall say that it was not a miracle that by his word the heaven and the earth should be; and by the power of his word man was created of the dust of the earth;

9:30

Behold, I speak unto you as though I spake from the dead; for I know that ye shall have my words.

9:31 Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father, because of his imperfection, neither them who have written before him;

3:5 Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this.

We know that thou art able to show forth great power, which looks small unto the understanding of men.

3:6 And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words, behold, the Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one with his finger.

3:14 Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem my people.

Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son.

In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my name; and they shall become my sons and my daughters.

3:20

Wherefore, having this perfect knowledge of God, he could not be kept from within the veil; therefore he saw Jesus; and he did minister unto him.

3:21 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of Jared:

4:12

And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh of none save it be of me.

I am the same that leadeth men to all good; he that will not believe my words will not believe me—that I am; and he that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me.

6:3

And thus the Lord caused stones to shine in darkness, to give light unto men, women, and children, that they might not cross the great waters in darkness.

6:4 And it came to pass that when they had prepared all manner of food, that thereby they might subsist upon the water, and also food for their flocks and herds, and whatsoever beast or animal or fowl that they should carry with them—and it …

10:28

And never could be a people more blessed than were they, and more prospered by the hand of the Lord.

And they were in a land that was choice above all lands, for the Lord had spoken it.

12:4

Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men

, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.

12:6 And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things;

I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen

; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.

12:12

For if there be no faith among the children of men God can do no miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their faith.

12:13 Behold, it was the faith of Alma and Amulek that caused the prison to tumble to the earth.