Powerful quotes from the Book of Mormon.
Millions of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints love the Bible, and we love and accept Jesus Christ as our Savior. We also consider the Book of Mormon to be another inspired teaching from God through His ancient prophets, wonderfully helpful alongside the Bible in helping us in all our relationships.
The Book of Mormon has the same incredibly powerful, positive influence on people, making it the second most widely read self-help book and the sixth most widely read book of any kind in world history, with nearly 200 million copies in print.
I have also included verses in this section from the “Doctrine and Covenants” and “The Pearl of Great Price” because we believe they are also inspired of God through His prophets to bless and strengthen our lives.
2 Nephi 25:23, “For we do labor diligently to write, that we may persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled unto God; for we know that it is by grace we are saved, after all that we can do.”
2 Nephi 25:26 “And we do talk of Christ, we do rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we do prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know unto what fountain they may look for the remission of their sins.”
2 Nephi 32:3 “Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore they declare the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you: Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.”
Alma 41:10: “Suppose not, because there hath been spoken concerning restoration, that thou shalt be restored from sin unto happiness. Behold, I say unto you that wickedness never was happiness.”
Mosiah 18:21: “And he commanded them that there should be no contentions one to another, but that they should look forward with one view, having one faith and one baptism, having their hearts knit together in unity and love one toward another.”
Helaman 5:12: “And now, remember, my children, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, which is Christ, the Son of God, that you must establish your foundation, so that when the devil shall cast forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and furious storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power to draw you down into the pit of misery and endless trouble, because of the rock upon which you are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation on which if men build they shall not fall.
Mosiah 3:19: “For the unnatural man is an enemy to God, and has been since the fall of Adam, and will be forever and ever, except he shall yield unto the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and put off the natural man, and be made holy through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and shall become as a little child—submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, and willing to submit to all things the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a little child submits to its father.” (Even if you don’t yet believe that God gave us the Book of Mormon through His prophets; don’t you just love these beautiful verses above from the Book of Mormon? If you decide to put some serious, prayerful study into the Book of Mormon, instead of just relying on the false negatives that say it is bad, you will rejoice to know that it contains many, many beautiful verses and teachings, and you will know that it is obviously not evil, as so many misinformed people have said) been teaching for almost 200 years.”
2 Nephi 5:27: “And it came to pass that we lived after a happy manner.” (Another way of saying after the manner of happiness is according to the teachings of Jesus Christ.)
2 Nephi 4:15-16: “And upon these do I write the things of my soul, and many of the scriptures which are engraven upon the plates of brass. For my soul doth delight in the scriptures, and my heart doth ponder upon them, and I write them for the learning and the benefit of my children. Behold, my asoul doth delight in the things of the Lord, and my bheart doth ponder upon the things which I have seen and heard.”
2 Nephi 4:21: “He hath filled me with his alove even to the consumption of my flesh.”
2 Nephi 4:30: “Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say unto him: O Lord, I will praise thee forever! Yea, my soul shall will rejoice in thee, my God, and the rock of my salvation.”
Moroni 10:32 “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and abstain from all ungodliness, and if ye abstain from all ungodliness, and love God with all your power, mind, and strength, then his grace is sufficient unto you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in no wise deny the power of God.”
2 Nephi 26:33 “For none of these iniquities is of the Lord, for he doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing that is not plain unto the children of men; and he inviteth all of them to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he refuseth none that cometh unto him, whether they be black or white, bond or free, male or female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are equal before God, both Jews as well as Gentiles.
Moroni 8:10-13: “Behold, I say unto you, this thou shalt teach, Repentance and baptism unto those who are responsible and capable of sin; yea, teach the parents that they must repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and they shall all be saved with their little ones. And their little children need not repentance, neither baptism. Behold, baptism is unto repentance for the fulfilling of the commandments unto the remission of sins. But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; otherwise, God is a partial God, and also a fickle God, and a respecter of persons; for how many little ones have died without baptism! Wherefore, if little children could not be saved without being baptized, they would have gone down to hell without end.”
(I love that teaching, which helps us better understand how loving and just our Heavenly Father really is, that He would not punish a little child—or an innocent adult who didn’t have enough opportunities to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior before the day they left this life. That beautiful, just, and loving teaching helps me love our loving Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, even more as I understand His deep love for each of us and His grace even better. This also coincides well with many Bible verses, such as:
1 Peter 4:6: “For for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh but live according to God in the spirit.”
And also the following Bible verse in 1 Peter 3:18–20: “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit; in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who sometime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, in which a few souls, even eight, were saved through water.”
These Bible verses and many others, along with prayerful reasoning and spiritual confirmations from God, have helped me to know for certain that all children and adults who do not have much opportunity to clearly learn and accept Jesus Christ as their Savior during their short time on earth, will be given more opportunity after this life to do so. Nothing less would be truly right, and I have come to know through prayer, study, reflection, and personal experience, that our loving Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, are far more than loving and righteous to all of us as children of God.
Mosiah 2:20-24: “I say unto you, my brethren, if ye shall give all the thanks and praise that your whole soul is capable of possessing, to that God who hath created you, and kept and preserved you, and caused you to rejoice, and granted you to live at peace one with another, I say unto you, if ye shall serve him who hath created you from the beginning, and is preserving you day by day, breathing you forth that ye may live, and move, and act after your own will, and even sustaining you moment by moment, I say, if ye shall serve him with your whole soul, ye would yet be most fruitful servants. And behold, all that he requireth of you is that ye keep his commandments; and he hath promised you that if ye wait upon his commandments, ye shall prosper in the land; and he will never vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye keep his commandments, he blesses you and makes you prosper. And now, first of all, he created you and granted you your lives, so you are indebted to him.
And secondly, he requires that you do what he has commanded you; and if you do it, he blesses you immediately; and therefore, he has paid you. And you are still indebted to him; and you are and will be forever; so, what do you have to boast about?
(It is very important for each of us to prayerfully observe that the Lord immediately (or very soon) blesses each of us and our inner spirit self with an increased capacity to feel “true love for and of others, true joy, and peace within, and gentleness, and goodness, faith, and meekness” whenever we do something that is kind, good, or right——what an incredibly joyful miracle it is each time. And how painful to have these blessings diminished and taken away whenever we choose to be cruel, angry, ungrateful, disobedient, etc., which should motivate us to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, as we learn to understand them.)
2 Nephi 1:15: “But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have seen his glory, and I am forever wrapped up in the arms of his love.
3 Nephi 22:13: “And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
D&C 42:22: “Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her, and to no other.”
D&C 50:23-24: “And that which edifies not is not of God, and is darkness. That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light, and that light waxeth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.”
D&C 6:36: “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not; fear not.”
D&C 90:24: “Search diligently, work always, be believing, and all things will work together for your good, if ye walk in righteousness, and remember the covenant which ye have made one with another.”
Alma 37:36-37: “Yea, and seek God for all thy support; yea, let all thy works be in the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest, let it be in the Lord; let all thy thoughts be unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be founded upon the Lord forever. Consult the Lord in all thy works, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night, lie down in the Lord, that he may watch over thee in thy sleep; and when thou arisest in the morning, let thy heart be filled with thankfulness to God; and if thou wilt do these things, thou shalt be lifted up at the last day.”
D&C 59:23: “Learn rather, that he that doeth right works shall receive his reward, yea, peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come.”
Alma 5:44-46: “For I am called thus to speak, according to the holy order of God which is in Christ Jesus; yea, I am commanded that I should arise and testify unto this people the things which our fathers have spoken concerning things which should come to pass. And this is not all. Do you not suppose that I do these things myself? Behold, I bear you witness that I know that these things which I have spoken are true. And how do you suppose that I know of the certainty of them? Behold, I say unto you, the Holy Spirit of God maketh them known unto me. Behold, I have labored and prayed many days that I might know these things for myself. And now I know for myself that they are true; for the Lord God hath made them true unto me by his Holy Spirit; and this is the spirit of revelation which is in me.”
D&C 10:5: “Pray always that you may be triumphant; yea, that you may overcome Satan, and that you may be delivered from the hands of Satan’s servants who support his work.” (Remember, a large part of Satan’s work is trying to destroy family relationships with contention and angry feelings.)
D&C 50:23–24: “And that which edifies not is not of God, and is darkness.
That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light, and that light waxeth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.”
2 Nephi 1:15: “15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have seen his glory, and I am forever wrapped up in the arms of his love.”
Moroni 7:13, 15-19: “But behold, that which is of God doth inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; so that whatsoever inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is breathed of God. . . . For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way of judging is as plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, as the light of the day is from the darkness of the night. For behold, unto every man is given the Spirit of Christ, that he may know good from evil; therefore, I show you the way of judging; for whatsoever thing inviteth to do good, and persuadeth to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye shall know, with a perfect knowledge, that it is of God. But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do what is love, to not believe in Christ, to deny Him, to not serve God, then you will know with perfect knowledge that it is of the devil; for this is how the devil works, for he persuades no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels, nor those who are subject to him. Now, my brothers, since you know the light by which you can judge, which is the light of Christ, beware of judging wrongly; for with the same judgment you judge, you will also be judged. Therefore I beseech you, brothers, that you search diligently into the light of Christ, that you may be able to discern good from evil; and if you hold fast to whatever is good and do not condemn it, you will certainly be children of Christ.
Mosiah 4:14-15: “Neither shall ye suffer your children (or grandchildren) to go hungry, nor naked; neither shall ye suffer that they should transgress the laws of God, nor strive and fight one with another, and serve the devil, which is the teacher of sin; even that evil spirit, of whom our fathers have spoken; for he is the enemy of all righteousness. But ye shall teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye shall teach them to love one another, and to serve one another.”
4 Nephi:15-16 : “And it came to pass that there was no contentions in the land, because of the love of God which dwelt in the hearts of the people. And there was no envying, nor strife, nor tumult, nor fornication, nor lying, nor murdering, nor blasphemy of any kind; and surely there could not be a happier people among all who had been created by the hand of God.” (Let us choose to live within our families in such a way that it may soon be said of us that “there were no contentions in the family, because of the love of God which dwelt in the hearts of the people. And there were no envyings, nor lying, nor lying, and surely there could not be a happier family among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.)
2 Nephi 2:25-27: “Adam fell that men might be; and men are fallen that they might have joy. And the Messiah shall come in the fulness of time, that he might redeem the children of men from the fall. And because they are redeemed from the fall, they are become free forever, knowing good from evil, to act for themselves, and not to be acted upon, save it be by the penalty of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given. Thus are men free according to the flesh; and all things are given unto them that are proper unto them. 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 even as he is. (Don’t forget to seek in prayer joy and inner peace by following the loving teachings of Jesus: far, far more important and more joyful than seeking fun, excitement, worldly pleasures, wealth or power, etc.)
2 Nephi 2:11 and 13: “For it must needs be that there should be an opposition in all things. For otherwise, . . . righteousness could not come to pass, neither could iniquity, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor evil. . . .
And if ye say there is no law, ye say also there is no sin. If ye say there is no sin, ye say also there is no righteousness. And if there is no righteousness, there is no happiness. And if there is no righteousness nor happiness, there is no punishment nor misery. And if these things be not, there is no God. And if there be no God, we are not, neither is the earth; for there was no creation of things, to act, nor to be acted upon.”
D&C 130:18-19 : “Whatever principle of intelligence we attain in this life will rise with us in the resurrection; and if in this life one person acquires more knowledge and intelligence than another, through his diligence and cohesion, to that extent will he have the advantage in the world to come.”
D&C 130:20-21 : “There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundation of this world, upon which all blessings are based; and when we receive a blessing from God, it is because of obedience to that law upon which it is based.”
D&C 82:10 : “I, the Lord, am bound when ye do the things I say unto you; but when ye do not do the things I say unto you, ye have no promise.”
D&C 130:22 : “The Father hath a body of flesh and bones, tangible like unto man; so also the Son; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us.”
D&C 59:23-24: “But learn, that he that doeth good works shall receive his reward, even peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come.
I, the Lord, have spoken it, and the Spirit beareth record. Amen.”
D&C 112:10: “Be thou humble of heart; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and giveth answer to thy prayers.”
D&C 84:88: “And whosoever shall receive you, there will I be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand, and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.”
Alma 34:32: “For behold, this life is the time when a man must prepare himself to meet the presence of God; yea, the day of this life is the day wherein a man must perform his work.”
D&C 29:34: “Wherefore, verily, I say unto you, that unto me all things are spiritual; and I have given you at no time a law that was temporal, neither unto any man, neither to the sons of men, neither unto Adam, your father, whom I created.”
P of GP: Moses 1:39: “For, behold, this is my work and my glory: to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”
P of GP: Moses 7:18: “And the Lord called his people to Zion, because they were good in heart and mind, and lived in uprightness; and there was no poor among them.
P of GP: Abraham 3:22-23: “Now the Lord had shown me, Abraham, the minds that were organized before the world began; and among all these were many of the noble and great ones. And God saw that these souls were good, and stood in the midst of them, and said, These will I make my rulers. For he stood among those who were spirits, and saw that they were good; and he said to me, Abraham, you are one of them; you were chosen before you were born.”
1 Nephi 3:6 “Wherefore, go thou, my son, and the Lord will favor thee, for thou hast not murmured.” (Do any of us murmur and complain in our families? And do murmuring and complaining ever help or do they always make things worse?)
1 Nephi 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 he giveth never commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he hath commanded them.”
2 Nephi 9:28–29 “O that subtle scheme of the evil one! O the vanities, and the weaknesses, and the follies of men! When they are learned, they think they are wise, and they will not hearken to the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing that they know for themselves; therefore, their wisdom is foolishness, and it profiteth them nothing; and they shall perish.” But it is good to be instructed, if you heed God’s advice.”
2 Nephi 28:7-9: “Yea, and there shall be many that shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us. And there shall be many that shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God, for he will justify the commission of a few sins; yea, lie a little, take advantage of a man because of his words, lay a snare of your neighbor; in this there is no harm; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if so be we be guilty, God will give us a few stripes, and at the last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God. Yea, and there shall be many that shall teach in this manner false, vain, and foolish doctrines; and they shall be lifted up in their hearts, and they shall seek much to hide their designs from the Lord, and their works shall be done in darkness.”
2 Nephi 31:19-20: “And now, my beloved brethren, having entered upon this strait and narrow way, I would inquire if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, No; for ye have not come thus far but by the word of Christ, with unswerving faith in him, trusting wholly upon the merits of him which is mighty to save. Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope and love for God and for all men. Wherefore, if ye will press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and will endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.”
2 Nephi 32:3: “Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore they declare the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you: Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ shall tell you all things which ye should do.”
2 Nephi 32:8-9: “And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye are still pondering in your hearts; and I grieve that I must speak unto you concerning this. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he ought not to pray. But behold, I say unto you that ye must always pray, and not faint; that ye must do nothing before the Lord, save ye shall first pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he may consecrate your doings unto you, that your work may be for the benefit of your souls.”
Mosiah 2:17: “And behold, I say unto you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may know that when ye are in the service of your fellow men, ye are only in the service of your God.”
Mosiah 4:30: “But this I can say unto you, that unless you take heed to yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your works, and keep the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of the things which you have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even to the end of your lives, you must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.”
Alma 7:11-13: “And he shall go forth suffering pains, afflictions, and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled, which he saith: He shall take upon him the pains and the blessings of his people. And he shall take death upon him, to loose the bands of death which are binding his people; and their infirmities shall he take upon him, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people, according to their infirmities. Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless, the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh, that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might bblot out their transgressions according to the power of his delivering; and behold, this is the testimony that is in me.”
(For beautiful teachings on how we can develop faith and knowledge, read): Alma 32:21 and verses 26-28, and 31-39:
“And now, as I said concerning faith: Faith is not a perfect knowledge of things; wherefore if ye have faith, ye have hope for things which are not seen, which are true. . . .
26 For as I said concerning faith, that it was not a perfect knowledge, so it is with my words. Ye cannot, at first, know perfectly of the truth of them, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge. 27
But behold, if ye will awake and quicken your faculties unto experiment with my words, and exercise a little faith, yea, though it be but a desire to believe, let this desire work in you, yea, even unto ye shall believe insomuch that ye shall make room for a portion of my words.
28 We shall compare, Well, the word to a seed. Now if you will give place for a seed to be sown in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, and you will not cast it out through your unbelief, resisting the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell in your breast; and as you feel this sensation of growth, you will begin to say within yourselves, This must be a good seed, or the word is good, for it begins to enlarge my soul; yes, it begins to enlighten my understanding; yes, it begins to be delightful to me. . . .
31 And behold, are you now sure that it is a good seed? I tell you, it is; for every seed produces according to its own kind. 32 Therefore if a seed grows, it is a good seed; but if it does not grow, behold, it is not good; therefore, it is rejected. 33 And behold, because you have tried the experiment and sown the seed, and because it swells, and sprouts, and begins to grow, you know of course that the seed is good. 34 And now, behold, is your understanding perfect? Yes, your knowledge is perfect in this thing, and your faith is inactive; and this because you know, for you know that the word has filled your souls, and you also know that it has sprouted, that your understanding begins to be enlightened and your mind begins to enlarge. 35 Then is this not true? I tell you, Yes, for it is light; and that which is light is good, because it can be discerned; Therefore, you must know that it is good; and now, behold, is your knowledge perfect after you have tasted this light? 36 Behold, I say unto you, No; neither must you lay aside your faith, for you have only exercised your faith in sowing the seed, in order to carry out the experiment to know whether the seed was good. 37 And behold, as the tree beginneth to grow, ye shall say, Let us nourish it very carefully, that it may take root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit unto us. And behold, if ye cultivate it very carefully, it will take root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit. 38 But if ye neglect the tree, and be careless in nourishing it, behold, it will not take root; and when the heat of the sun cometh upon it, it will wither away, for it hath no root; and ye shall pluck it up, and cast it away. 39 And this is not because the seed was not good, neither is it because its fruit is not desirable; but because your soil is barren and you will not nourish the tree; therefore, you cannot obtain the fruit thereof.”
Alma 37:35: “Oh, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in your youth; yea, learn in your youth to keep the commandments of God!”
Alma 39:9: “My son, I would that you would repent and forsake your sins, and give no more unto the lusts of your eyes, but refrain from all these things; for unless you do this, you can in no wise inherit the kingdom of God. Oh, remember, and be of service, and abstain from these things!”
3 Nephi 12:48: Jesus taught: “Wherefore, I would that ye should be perfect, even as I, or as your Father which is in heaven, is perfect.” (Jesus also taught this in the Bible in Matthew 5:48. However, none of us will become perfect during our short earthly schooling, but we are asked to keep working toward it. It’s good to know that we have all eternity to gradually keep working toward becoming more like Jesus Christ.)
3 Nephi 18:15, 20-21: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, that you must watch and pray always, lest the devil tempt you, and you be taken captive by him. . . . and whatsoever thing ye shall ask of the Father in my name, if it be right, believing that ye shall receive, behold, it shall be given you. Pray unto the Father in your families, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed.”
Ether 12:6: “And now I, Moroni, would speak something concerning these things. I would show unto the world that faith is the things which are expected and unseen; therefore, contend not because ye see not, for ye receive no testimony until after the testing of your faith.”
Ether 12:27: “And if men come unto me, I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient unto all men that will humble themselves before me; for if they will humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things strong unto them.”
Moroni 7:41: “And what are you to look forward to? Behold, I say unto you, you must have hope, through the atonement of Christ, and the power of his resurrection, that you shall be raised unto eternal life, and that because of your faith in him, according to the promise.”
Moroni 7:45, 47-48: “And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, neither is proud, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. . . . But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it abideth forever; and whosoever possesseth it at the last day, it shall be well with him. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of your hearts, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true disciples of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear, we may be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.”
Moroni 10:4-5: “And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye will ask of God the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things be not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest unto you the truth of them, by the power of the Holy Ghost; and by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.”
(That beautiful message above from Moroni, who was the last prophet to write in the Book of Mormon, may be the most important message in the entire book, because it clearly tells every Book of Mormon reader how they can know with certainty—have the assurance, as millions of us testify, that the Book of Mormon is true and comes from God through His prophets.)
D&C 8:2-3: “Yea, behold, I will speak unto thy mind and unto thy bheart, by the cHoly Ghost which shall come upon thee and which shall dwell in thy heart. Now, behold, this is the spirit of revelation; behold, it is the spirit by which Moses led the children of Israel through the Red Sea upon dry ground.”
D&C 14:7: “7 And if thou wilt wait upon my commandments, and bendure to the end, thou shalt have ceternal life, which is the greatest of all the gifts of God.
D&C 19:16-19: “For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that bthey should not suffer, if they repent; but if they do not repent, they must suffer even even as I do; suffering which caused I, God, the greatest of all, to tremble with pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both in body and spirit, and to wish that I had not to drink the bitter cup, and faint. Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, I did drink, and I finished my preparations unto the children of men.”
D&C 25:12: “For my soul delighteth in the acanthus of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.”
D&C 58:26-27: “For behold, it is not meet that I should be in charge in all things; for he that is compelled in all things is a slothful servant, and not a wise one; therefore, he receiveth no reward. Verily, I say, that men ought to be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and to do many things of their own free will, and to wrought much righteousness.”
D&C 58:42-43: “Behold, he who hath repented of his sins is forgiven; and I, the Lord, remember them no more. By this you may know if a man repents of his sins: behold, he will confess them and forsake them.”
D&C 59:9-10: “And that thou mayest more thoroughly keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go unto the house of prayer, and offer thy sacraments on my holy day;
for, verily, this is a day appointed unto thee to rest from thy labors, and to pay thy devotions unto the Most High.”
D&C 64:9-10: “Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye should forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother’s trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord, for the greater sin remaineth in him. I, the Lord, will forgive whomever I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.”
D&C 76:22-24: “And now, after the many testimonies which have been borne of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we bear of him: That he lives! For we beheld him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice testify that he is the Only Begotten of the Father; that by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God.”
D&C 82:3: “For of him to whom much is given, much is required; and he that sinneth against the greater,greater condemnation will he receive.”
D&C 88:123-124: “See that ye love one another; cease from covetousness; learn to share with one another as the gospel requires. Cease to be accustomed; cease from being impure; cease from criticizing one another; cease to sleep more than is necessary; go to bed early that you may not be weary; rise early that your bodies and your minds may be strengthened.”
In D&C 89: God gave us His Law of Health for these last days. The following verses are His promises to us if we choose to follow them:
D&C 89:18-21: “And all the saints who will remember to keep and to do these things, yielding obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow in their bones; and they shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; and they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint. And I, the Lord, do promise unto them that the destroying angel shall pass over them, as over the children of Israel, and shall not slay them. Amen.”
D&C 121:34-36: “Behold, many are called, but few are chosen. And why are they not chosen? Because they have so set their hearts upon the things of this world, and they crave the honors of men, that they learn not this one lesson, that the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that these cannot be governed or managed except according to the principles of righteousness.”
In D&C 121:41-43: God gave us some wonderful principles to work with everyone in every relationship when He taught the following through the Prophet Joseph Smith: “No power or influence can or should be maintained by virtue of the priesthood (or any other position of power or authority over others) but by persuasion, by long-suffering, gentleness, meekness, and by love unfeigned; by goodness, and by pure knowledge, which will greatly enlarge the soul, without hypocrisy and without malice; reproving in due season with severity, as the Holy Ghost shall move; and then shewing the greater anger toward him whom you have reproved, lest he think you an enemy.”
2 Nephi 4:15: “And upon these do I write the things of my soul, and many of the scriptures which are engraven upon the plates of brass. For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and I write them for the learning and the benefit of my children.
3 Nephi 22:13: “And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.”
D&C 78:19: “And he that receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be glorified; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even unto two hundred times as much, yea, and more.”
D&C 59:18-21: “Yea, all things that come out of the earth, in their season, are made for the benefit and use of man, both to please the eye and to cheer the heart; yea, to be meat and raiment, to taste and to smell, to strengthen the body and to cheer the soul. And it is pleasing to God that he has given all these things unto man; for this end they were created, to be used judiciously, not to excess, nor for extortion. And in nothing doth man offend God, neither is his anger kindled against any, save against those who do not confess his hand in all things, and obey his commandments.”
D&C 59:7: “Thou shalt give thanks unto the Lord thy God in all things.”
D&C 59:23: “But learn that he that doeth righteous works shall receive his breward, even peace in this world, and deternal life in the world to come.”
D&C 64:9-10: “Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye must forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother’s trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for the greater sin remaineth with him.
10 I, the Lord, will forgive whomsoever I will forgive, but of you it is required to bforgive all men.”
GP P: Articles of Faith #2: “We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s btransgression.” (I love that teaching, which helps me understand that none of us will be punished for Adam’s transgression, or for the sins of an abusive spouse or sibling, or anyone else. You can use this beautiful truth to help your children understand that even if their sibling is moody and mean to them at times, they will be rewarded by God Himself with greater inner peace, love, and joy as long as they choose to always be kind and gentle to their siblings and to one another.)