Unit 24

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22 occurrences in 17 verses -

Jacob 2:3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 28, 31,

Jacob 3:1, 2, 3, 6, 7

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 2:5

But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know

that by the help of the all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth

I can tell you concerning your thoughts,

how that ye are beginning to labor in sin,

which sin appeareth very abominable unto me,

yea, and abominable unto God.

Jacob 2:10

But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task,

I must do according to the strict commands of God,

and tell you concerning your wickedness and abominations,

in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart,

and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God.

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 2:13

And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly,

that you have obtained many riches;

and because some of you have obtained more abundantly

than that of your brethren

ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads

because of the costliness of your apparel,

and persecute your brethren

because ye suppose that ye are better than they.

Jacob 2:14

And now, my brethren, do ye suppose

that God justifieth you in this thing?

Behold, I say unto you, Nay.

But he condemneth you,

and if ye persist in these things

his judgments must speedily come unto you.

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 2:20

And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride;

and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and persecuted him

because ye were proud in your hearts, of the things which God hath given you,

what say ye of it?

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 2:28

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 2:31

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 3:1

But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart.

Look unto God with firmness of mind,

and pray unto him with exceeding faith,

and he will console you in your afflictions,

and he will plead your cause,

and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction.

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 3:6

And now, this commandment they observe to keep;

wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment,

the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them;

and one day they shall become a blessed people.

Jacob 3:7

Behold, their husbands love their wives,

and their wives love their husbands;

and their husbands and their wives love their children;

and their unbelief and their hatred towards you

is because of the iniquity of their fathers;

wherefore, how much better are you than they,

in the sight of your great Creator?