Unit 24

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18 occurrences in 13 verses -

Jacob 2:5, 7, 9, 13, 21, 28,

Jacob 3:1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14

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 2:7

And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech

concerning you, before your wives and your children,

many of whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate before God,

which thing is pleasing unto God;

Jacob 2:9

Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained,

because of the strict commandment which I have received from God,

to admonish you according to your crimes,

to enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded,

instead of consoling and healing their wounds;

and those who have not been wounded,

instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God

have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds.

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 2:21

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 2:28

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 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 3:5

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.

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?

Jacob 3:13

And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people,

which now began to be numerous,

cannot be written upon these plates;

but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates,

and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their kings.

Jacob 3:14

These plates are called the plates of Jacob,

and they were made by the hand of Nephi.

And I make an end of speaking these words.