Unit 24

for

24 occurrences in 18 verses -

Jacob 2:3, 4, 11, 12, 18, 19, 21, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34,

Jacob 3:2, 3, 5

Jacob 2:3

And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent

in the office of my calling;

but I this day am weighed down

with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls

than I have hitherto been.

Jacob 2:4

for behold, as yet, ye have been obedient

unto the word of the Lord, which I have given unto you.

Jacob 2:11

Wherefore, I must tell you the truth

according to the plainness of the word of God.

for behold, as I inquired of the Lord,

thus came the word unto me, saying:

Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow,

and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people.

Jacob 2:12

And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare unto you,

that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver,

and for all manner of precious ores,

in the which this land,

which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed,

doth abound most plentifully.

Jacob 2:18

But before ye seek for riches,

seek ye for the kingdom of God.

Jacob 2:19

And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ

ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them;

and ye will seek them for the intent to do good —

to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry,

and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.

Jacob 2:21

Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable

unto him who created all flesh?

And the one being is as precious in his sight as the other.

And all flesh is of the dust;

and for the selfsame end hath he created them,

that they should keep his commandments and glorify him forever.

Jacob 2:23

But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes.

for behold, thus saith the Lord:

This people begin to wax in iniquity;

they understand not the scriptures,

for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms,

because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

Jacob 2:27

Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord:

for there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife;

and concubines he shall have none;

Jacob 2:28

for I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women.

And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:29

Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts,

or cursed be the land for their sakes.

Jacob 2:30

for if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me,

I will command my people;

otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.

Jacob 2:31

for behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning

of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem,

yea, and in all the lands of my people,

because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands.

Jacob 2:33

for they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people

because of their tenderness,

save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto destruction;

for they shall not commit whoredoms,

like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:34

And now behold, my brethren,

ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi;

wherefore, ye have known them before;

and ye have come unto great condemnation;

for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done.

Jacob 3:2

O all ye that are pure in heart,

lift up your heads and receive the pleasing word of God,

and feast upon his love;

for ye may, if your minds are firm, forever.

Jacob 3:3

But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart,

that are filthy this day before God;

for except ye repent the land is cursed for your sakes;

and the Lamanites, which are not filthy like unto you,

nevertheless they are cursed with a sore cursing,

shall scourge you even unto destruction.

Jacob 3:5

Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate

because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins,

are more righteous than you;

for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord,

which was given unto our father —

that they should have save it were one wife,

and concubines they should have none,

and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.