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Laban

(see BD Laban )

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Labor

(see also Industry ; Laborer ; Toil ; Wages ; Work ; Work, Value of )

Ex. 20: 9 (Deut. 5: 13 ; Mosiah 13: 17 ) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work.; Ps. 127: 1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain.; Ps. 128: 2 thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands.; Prov. 10: 16 labour of the righteous tendeth to life.; Prov. 13: 11 he that gathereth by labour shall increase.; Prov. 14: 23 In all labour there is profit.; Prov. 21: 25 slothful . . . his hands refuse to labour.; Eccl. 2: 24 make his soul enjoy good in his labour.; Eccl. 5: 12 sleep of a labouring man is sweet.; Eccl. 5: 19 to rejoice in his labour.; Isa. 55: 2 ye spend . . . your labour for that which satisfieth not.; Isa. 65: 23 They shall not labour in vain.; Matt. 11: 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.; John 6: 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth.; Acts 20: 34 these hands have ministered unto my necessities.; Acts 20: 35 that so labouring ye ought to support the weak.; 1 Cor. 3: 8 his own reward according to his own labour.; 1 Cor. 4: 12 labour, working with our own hands.; Eph. 4: 28 steal no more: but rather let him labour.; 1 Thes. 1: 3 your work of faith, and labour of love.; 1 Thes. 2: 9 (2 Thes. 3: 8 ) labour and travail: for labouring night and day.; 1 Tim. 4: 10 we both labour and suffer reproach.; Heb. 4: 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest.; Heb. 6: 10 God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour.; Rev. 14: 13 die in the Lord . . . they may rest from their labours.; 1 Ne. 17: 41 labor which they had to perform was to look.; 2 Ne. 5: 17 Nephi, did cause my people . . . to labor with their hands.; 2 Ne. 9: 51 do not spend . . . your labor for that which cannot satisfy.; 2 Ne. 26: 31 laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion.; 2 Ne. 29: 4 do they remember . . . the labors, and the pains of the Jews.; Jacob 1: 19 by laboring with our might their blood might not come.; Jacob 5: 71 (Jacob 5: 15-70 ) labor in the vineyard, with your might.; Mosiah 2: 14 theword with mine own hands that I might serve you.; Mosiah 18: 24 priests . . . labor with their own hands.; Mosiah 27: 4 laboring with their own hands for their support.; Alma 1: 26 they did all labor, every man according to his strength.; Alma 24: 18 rather than spend their days in idleness they would labor.; Alma 29: 15 they have labored exceedingly.; Alma 30: 32 (Alma 32: 5 ) I have labored . . . with mine own hands for my support.; Alma 30: 34 we do not receive anything for our labors in the church.; Alma 34: 32 this life is the day for men to perform their labors.; Alma 36: 25 joy in the fruit of my labors.; Moro. 9: 6 labor diligently, for if we should cease to labor . . . brought under condemnation, for we have a labor to perform.; D&C 6: 31 shall ye have joy in the fruit of your labors.; D&C 10: 4 Do not run faster or labor more than you have strength.; D&C 18: 15 if . . . you should labor all your days in crying repentance.; D&C 38: 40 go to with his might, with the labor of his hands.; D&C 39: 13 Thou art called to labor in my vineyard.; D&C 52: 39 let them labor with their own hands.; D&C 56: 17 Wo unto you . . . who will not labor with your own hands.; D&C 59: 2 (D&C 59: 10 ) those that die shall rest from all their labors.; D&C 64: 25 if ye believe me, ye will labor.; D&C 68: 30 Zion also shall remember their labors.; D&C 75: 3 neither be idle but labor with your might.; D&C 84: 109 let every man . . . labor in his own calling.; D&C 88: 52 Go ye and labor in the field.; D&C 124: 121 recompense of wages for all their labors.; Moses 5: 1 Eve . . . did labor with him.; JS-H 1: 55 we . . . by continuous labor were enabled to get a comfortable maintenance.

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Laborer

(see also Labor )

Matt. 9: 37 (Luke 10: 2 ) harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.; Matt. 20: 1 householder, which went out . . . to hire labourers.; Luke 10: 7 labourer is worthy of his hire.; 1 Cor. 3: 9 we are labourers together with God.; 1 Tim. 5: 18 labourer is worthy of his reward.; James 5: 4 hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields.; 2 Ne. 26: 31 laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion.; D&C 23: 7 you may receive the reward of the laborer.; D&C 31: 5 (D&C 84: 79 ; D&C 106: 3 ) laborer is worthy of his hire.; D&C 42: 42 idle shall not . . . wear the garments of the laborer.; D&C 72: 17 received as a wise steward and as a faithful laborer.; D&C 88: 70 first laborers in this last kingdom.

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Lack

(see also Need ; Want )

Ex. 16: 18 (2 Cor. 8: 15 ) that gathered little had no lack.; Hosea 4: 6 people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.; Matt. 19: 20 I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet.; Mark 10: 21 (Luke 18: 22 ) One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell.; Luke 22: 35 When I sent you without purse . . . lacked ye any thing.; Acts 4: 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked.; 2 Cor. 11: 9 that which was lacking to me the brethren . . . supplied.; Philip. 4: 10 ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.; 1 Thes. 4: 12 that ye may have lack of nothing.; James 1: 5 (JS-H 1: 11 ) If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.; 2 Pet. 1: 9 he that lacketh these things is blind.; D&C 42: 68 he that lacketh wisdom, let him ask of me.

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Lad

(see also Child )

Gen. 21: 12 grievous in thy sight because of the lad.; Gen. 44: 34 up to my father, and the lad be not with me.; Gen. 48: 16 Angel which redeemed me . . . bless the lads.; Moses 6: 31 found favor in thy sight, and am but a lad.

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Ladder

Gen. 28: 12 a ladder set up on the earth.

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Laden

Matt. 11: 28 all ye that labour and are heavy laden.; Luke 11: 46 ye lade men with burdens.; Mosiah 2: 14 that ye should not be laden with taxes.; D&C 31: 5 (D&C 33: 9 ; D&C 75: 5 ) you shall be laden with sheaves.

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Lady

Isa. 47: 5 shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.; 2 Jn. 1: 1 elder unto the elect lady and her children.; D&C 25: 3 thou art an elect lady, whom I have called.

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Laid

(see Lay )

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Lake

(see also Sea )

Luke 8: 23 storm of wind on the lake.; Luke 8: 33 ran . . . into the lake, and were choked.; Rev. 19: 20 both were cast alive into a lake of fire.; Rev. 20: 10 (Rev. 21: 8 ; 2 Ne. 9: 16, 19, 26 ; 2 Ne. 28: 23 ; Jacob 3: 11 ; Jacob 6: 10 ; Mosiah 3: 27 ; Alma 12: 17 ; Alma 14: 14 ; D&C 76: 36 ) devil that deceived them was cast into the lake.; D&C 63: 17 shall have their part in that lake which burneth.

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Lamanite

(see Book of Mormon ; Israel, Joseph, People of ; Israel, Restoration of )

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Lamb

(see also Goat ; Jesus Christ, Lamb of God ; Sheep )

Gen. 22: 8 My son, God will provide himself a lamb.; Ex. 12: 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish.; Ex. 12: 21 take you a lamb . . . and kill the passover.; Ex. 29: 39 (Num. 28: 4 ) lamb thou shalt offer in the morning.; Lev. 14: 10 (Lev. 23: 12 ) one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish.; Isa. 11: 6 (Isa. 65: 25 ; 2 Ne. 21: 6 ; 2 Ne. 30: 12 ) wolf also shall dwell with the lamb.; Isa. 40: 11 he shall gather the lambs with his arm.; Isa. 53: 7 (Mosiah 14: 7 ) brought as a lamb to the slaughter.; Luke 10: 3 I send you forth as lambs among wolves.; John 21: 15 He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.; Acts 8: 32 like a lamb dumb before his shearer.

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Lame

2 Sam. 4: 4 (2 Sam. 9: 3 ) Jonathan . . . had a son that was lame.; Isa. 35: 6 shall the lame man leap as an hart.; Mal. 1: 8 if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil.; Matt. 11: 5 (Matt. 15: 31 ; Luke 7: 22 ) blind receive their sight, and the lame walk.; Luke 14: 13 feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame.; Acts 3: 2 certain man lame from his mother’s womb.; Heb. 12: 13 lest that which is lame be turned out of the way.; Mosiah 3: 5 Lord . . . shall go forth . . . causing the lame to walk.; 3 Ne. 17: 7 (3 Ne. 17: 9 ; 3 Ne. 26: 15 ) Have ye any that are lame . . . I will heal them.; D&C 35: 9 they shall cause . . . the lame to walk.; D&C 42: 51 lame who hath faith to leap shall leap.; D&C 58: 11 then shall the poor, the lame . . . come in unto the marriage of the Lamb.

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Lament

(see also Cry ; Mourn ; Wail ; Weep )

Judg. 11: 40 yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah.; Isa. 3: 26 (2 Ne. 13: 26 ) her gates shall lament and mourn.; Jer. 4: 8 gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl.; Joel 1: 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth.; Matt. 11: 17 have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.; Luke 23: 27 women . . . bewailed and lamented him.; John 16: 20 ye shall weep and lament.; Rev. 18: 9 lament for her, when they shall see the smoke.; 3 Ne. 10: 2 they did cease lamenting . . . for the loss of their kindred.; D&C 45: 53 shall they lament because they persecuted their king.

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Lamentation

(see also Lament ; Mourning ; Wailing ; Weep )

2 Sam. 1: 17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul.; Jer. 6: 26 for an only son, most bitter lamentation.; Jer. 31: 15 (Matt. 2: 18 ) in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping.; Ezek. 19: 1 take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.; Acts 8: 2 carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation.; Hel. 6: 33 great sorrow and lamentation of the righteous.; Ether 15: 16 howling and a lamentation for the loss.; D&C 56: 16 be your lamentation in the day of visitation.; D&C 112: 24 vengeance cometh speedily . . . a day of . . . lamentation.

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Lamp

(see also Candle ; Light ; BD Lamp )

Gen. 15: 17 smoking furnace, and a burning lamp.; Ex. 25: 37 (Ex. 37: 23 ) make the seven lamps . . . shall light the lamps.; Ex. 27: 20 cause the lamp to burn always.; Judg. 7: 16 in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.; 1 Sam. 3: 3 lamp of God went out in the temple.; 2 Sam. 22: 29 thou art my lamp.; Ps. 119: 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet.; Prov. 6: 23 commandment is a lamp.; Prov. 13: 9 lamp of the wicked shall be put out.; Prov. 20: 20 his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.; Dan. 10: 6 his eyes as lamps of fire.; Zech. 4: 2 lamps . . . seven pipes to the seven lamps.; Matt. 25: 8 Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.; Rev. 4: 5 seven lamps of fire burning before the throne.; Rev. 8: 10 star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp.; D&C 33: 17 be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning.

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Land

(see also Country ; Earth ; Ground )

Gen. 1: 9 (Moses 2: 9 ) let the dry land appear.; Gen. 10: 5 divided in their lands: every one after his tongue.; Ex. 3: 8 bring them up out of that land unto a good land . . . a land flowing with milk and honey.; Ex. 14: 21 east wind . . . made the sea dry land.; Lev. 18: 25 land is defiled . . . land itself vomiteth.; Lev. 25: 4 seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land.; Num. 13: 16 men which Moses sent to spy out the land.; Num. 35: 33 blood it defileth the land . . . land cannot be cleansed.; Josh. 4: 22 Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.; Ps. 27: 13 goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.; Isa. 14: 1 (2 Ne. 24: 1 ) yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land.; Isa. 62: 4 shall thy land any more be termed Desolate.; Jer. 16: 15 I will bring them again into their land.; Mal. 3: 12 (3 Ne. 24: 12 ) blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land.; Matt. 2: 20 take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel.; Acts 4: 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money.; 1 Ne. 17: 38 leadeth away the righteous into precious lands.; D&C 42: 79 proved according to the laws of the land.; D&C 45: 63 ye shall hear of wars in your own lands.; D&C 52: 14 Satan is abroad in the land.; D&C 58: 21 Let no man break the laws of the land.; D&C 81: 3 proclaiming the gospel in the land of the living.; D&C 101: 44 certain nobleman had a spot of land.; D&C 133: 23 islands shall become one land.

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Landmark

Deut. 19: 14 thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark.; Prov. 22: 28 (Prov. 23: 10 ) remove not the ancient landmark.

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Lands of Inheritance

(see also Israel, Land of ; Promised Lands )

Gen. 12: 1 (Acts 7: 3 ) Get thee . . . unto a land that I will shew thee.; Gen. 12: 7 (Gen. 24: 7 ) Unto thy seed will I give this land.; Gen. 13: 15 all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it.; Num. 26: 53 land shall be divided for an inheritance.; Num. 34: 13 This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot.; Deut. 2: 5 I will not give you of their land.; Deut. 4: 38 land for an inheritance, as it is this day.; Deut. 6: 10 (Deut. 11: 21 ) Lord . . . brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers.; Deut. 21: 23 land . . . which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.; Deut. 33: 13 of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land.; Deut. 34: 4 This is the land which I sware unto Abraham.; Josh. 13: 7 divide this land for an inheritance.; Isa. 13: 14 (2 Ne. 23: 14 ; Jer. 50: 16 ) they shall . . . flee every one into his own land.; Isa. 57: 13 putteth his trust in me . . . inherit my holy mountain.; Heb. 11: 8 place which he should after receive for an inheritance.; 1 Ne. 17: 38 leadeth away the righteous into precious lands.; 1 Ne. 22: 12 gathered together to the lands of their inheritance.; 2 Ne. 6: 11 gathered together again to the lands of their inheritance.; 2 Ne. 9: 2 (2 Ne. 29: 14 ) gathered home to the lands of their inheritance.; 2 Ne. 10: 7 (2 Ne. 25: 11 ) restored . . . unto the lands of their inheritance.; 2 Ne. 23: 14 they shall . . . flee every one into his own land.; 3 Ne. 20: 33 give unto them Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.; 3 Ne. 21: 22 whom I have given this land for their inheritance.; 3 Ne. 29: 1 restoration to the lands of their inheritance.; Morm. 5: 14 restoring . . . Israel, to the land of their inheritance.; Ether 13: 8 house of Joseph shall be built upon this land.; D&C 38: 20 have it for the land of your inheritance, and for the inheritance of your children.; D&C 45: 58 earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance.; D&C 45: 66 called the New Jerusalem, a land of peace.; D&C 52: 5 made known unto them the land of your inheritance.; D&C 57: 5 may obtain it for an everlasting inheritance.; D&C 58: 44 time has not yet come . . . for them to receive their inheritance.; D&C 77: 15 built the city of Jerusalem in the land of their fathers.; D&C 103: 11 scattered shall return to the lands of their inheritances.; D&C 109: 64 Judah may begin to return to the lands which thou didst give to Abraham.; D&C 133: 24 land of Jerusalem and . . . of Zion shall be turned back into their own place.; Abr. 2: 19 Unto thy seed will I give this land.

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Lands of Promise

(see Lands of Inheritance )

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Language

(see also Communication ; Holy Ghost, Gifts of ; Speech ; Tongue ; Writing )

Gen. 2: 19 (Moses 3: 20 ; Abr. 5: 21 ) whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.; Gen. 11: 1 whole earth was of one language.; Gen. 11: 9 (Omni 1: 22 ; Mosiah 28: 17 ; Ether 1: 33, 35 ) Lord did there confound the language.; Judg. 12: 6 Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not . . . pronounce it right.; 2 Kgs. 18: 28 (Isa. 36: 13 ) a loud voice in the Jews’ language.; Neh. 13: 24 their children . . . could not speak in the Jews’ language.; Ps. 19: 3 no speech nor language, where their voice is.; Ps. 81: 5 Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.; Dan. 3: 4 commanded, O people, nations, and languages.; Zeph. 3: 9 will I turn to the people a pure language.; Acts 2: 6 every man heard them speak in his own language.; 1 Cor. 14: 19 rather speak five words with my understanding.; 2 Ne. 31: 3 he speaketh unto men according to their language.; Omni 1: 17 their language had become corrupted.; Mosiah 1: 2 taught in all the language of his fathers.; Mosiah 1: 4 taught in the language of the Egyptians.; Mosiah 24: 4 language of Nephi began to be taught.; Alma 5: 61 language of him who hath commanded me.; 3 Ne. 5: 18 according to our language, we are not able to write.; Ether 3: 22 write them in a language that they cannot be read.; Moro. 10: 16 to another, the interpretation of languages.; D&C 1: 24 these commandments . . . given . . . of their language.; D&C 29: 33 Speaking unto you that you may naturally understand.; D&C 90: 11 every man shall hear . . . gospel . . . in his own language.; D&C 90: 15 become acquainted . . . with languages, tongues.; Moses 6: 6 language which was pure and undefiled.; Moses 6: 57 in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name.; Moses 7: 13 great was the power of the language which God had given him.

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Lap

Judg. 7: 5 lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth.

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Lasciviousness

Mark 7: 22 deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye.; 2 Cor. 12: 21 fornication and lasciviousness.; Gal. 5: 19 fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness.; Eph. 4: 19 given themselves over unto lasciviousness.; 1 Pet. 4: 3 we walked in lasciviousness.; Jude 1: 4 men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness.; Jacob 3: 12 warning them against fornication and lasciviousness.; Alma 16: 18 priests . . . did preach against . . . all manner of lasciviousness.; Alma 45: 12 fall into the works of darkness, and lasciviousness.; Alma 47: 36 giving way to . . . all manner of lasciviousness.; 4 Ne. 1: 16 there were no . . . murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness.

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Last

(see also End ; Last Days )

Isa. 41: 4 Lord, the first, and with the last.; Isa. 44: 6 I am the first, and I am the last.; Matt. 12: 45 (Luke 11: 26 ) last state of that man is worse.; Matt. 19: 30 (Matt. 20: 16 ; Mark 10: 31 ; Luke 13: 30 ; 1 Ne. 13: 42 ; Jacob 5: 63 ; Ether 13: 12 ; D&C 29: 30 ; D&C 88: 59 ) first shall be last.; Matt. 27: 64 last error shall be worse than the first.; Mark 9: 35 same shall be last of all, and servant of all.; 1 Cor. 4: 9 God hath set forth us the apostles last.; Heb. 1: 2 in these last days spoken unto us by his Son.; 1 Pet. 1: 5 salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.; 1 Pet. 1: 20 manifest in these last times for you.; Rev. 1: 11 Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.; 1 Ne. 13: 37 (1 Ne. 16: 2 ; Mosiah 23: 22 ; Alma 37: 37 ; Alma 38: 5 ; 3 Ne. 15: 1 ; 3 Ne. 27: 22 ; Morm. 2: 19 ) endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day.; Alma 11: 39 Eternal Father . . . the first and the last.; Alma 12: 36 destruction of your souls . . . unto the last death.; Alma 34: 10 expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice.; D&C 19: 3 last great day of judgment, which I shall pass upon the inhabitants.; D&C 76: 22 this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him.

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Last Days

(see also Abomination of Desolation ; Day of the Lord ; Jesus Christ, Second Coming ; Millennium, Preparing a People for ; Restoration of the Gospel ; World, End of )

Gen. 49: 1 tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.; Deut. 4: 30 even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord.; Job 19: 25 he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.; Isa. 2: 2 in the last days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established.; Isa. 19: 17 land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt.; Isa. 24: 20 earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard.; Isa. 29: 18 in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book.; Ezek. 38: 22 I will plead against him with pestilence.; Dan. 2: 44 in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom.; Dan. 7: 21 same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed.; Dan. 12: 1 at that time shall Michael stand up.; Joel 2: 30 (Acts 2: 19 ) I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth.; Joel 3: 15 sun and the moon shall be darkened.; Joel 3: 16 heavens and the earth shall shake.; Hag. 2: 6 (Hag. 2: 22 ) I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea.; Zech. 1: 16 I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built.; Zech. 14: 2 gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle.; Mal. 3: 1 (3 Ne. 24: 1 ) I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way.; Mal. 4: 1 (3 Ne. 25: 1 ; D&C 133: 64 ; JS-H 1: 37 ) day cometh that shall burn as an oven.; Matt. 24: 3 (JS-M 1: 4 ) sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world.; Matt. 24: 7 (JS-M 1: 29 ) nation shall rise against nation.; John 6: 39 raise it up again at the last day.; John 11: 24 rise again in the resurrection at the last day.; John 12: 48 same shall judge him in the last day.; Acts 2: 17 in the last days . . . I will pour out my Spirit.; Eph. 1: 10 in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together.; 1 Tim. 4: 1 in the latter times some shall depart from the faith.; 2 Tim. 3: 1 in the last days perilous times shall come.; Heb. 12: 26 (D&C 84: 118 ) I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.; 2 Pet. 3: 3 shall come in the last days scoffers.; Jude 1: 18 should be mockers in the last time.; Rev. 6: 12 he had opened the sixth seal.; Rev. 11: 3 (D&C 77: 15 ) I will give power unto my two witnesses.; 1 Ne. 14: 17 day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots.; 2 Ne. 6: 15 they that believe not in him shall be destroyed.; 2 Ne. 10: 7 (2 Ne. 25: 16 ) day cometh that they shall believe in me.; 2 Ne. 25: 8 they are of worth . . . in the last days.; 2 Ne. 26: 14 I prophesy unto you concerning the last days.; 2 Ne. 27: 1 last days, or in the days of the Gentiles.; 2 Ne. 30: 10 great division among the people.; 3 Ne. 16: 7 in the latter day shall the truth come unto the Gentiles.; 3 Ne. 20: 19 I will make thy horn iron.; 3 Ne. 21: 1 a sign, that ye may know the time.; D&C 1: 4 my disciples, whom I have chosen in these last days.; D&C 1: 35 day speedily cometh, the hour is not yet.; D&C 2: 1 (Mal. 4: 5 ) I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah.; D&C 5: 19 desolating scourge shall go forth.; D&C 10: 65 I will gather them as a hen gathereth her chickens.; D&C 29: 14 before this great day . . . the sun shall be darkened.; D&C 29: 16 a great hailstorm sent forth.; D&C 29: 21 great and abominable church . . . shall be cast down.; D&C 34: 9 sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood.; D&C 35: 16 shall learn the parable of the fig-tree.; D&C 38: 12 angels are waiting . . . to gather the tares.; D&C 43: 18 heavens shall shake and the earth shall tremble.; D&C 45: 16 ye have asked of me concerning the signs of my coming.; D&C 49: 24 Lamanites shall blossom as the rose.; D&C 61: 14 in the last days, by . . . John, I cursed the waters.; D&C 65: 2 gospel roll forth . . . until it has filled the whole earth.; D&C 77: 15 (Rev. 11: 3 ) two prophets that are to be raised up to the Jewish nation.; D&C 86: 4 in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to bring forth the word.; D&C 87: 2 war will be poured out upon all nations.; D&C 87: 4 slaves shall rise up against their masters.; D&C 88: 85 desolation of abomination which awaits the wicked.; D&C 88: 91 men’s hearts shall fail them.; D&C 97: 25 Zion shall escape if she observe to do all things.; D&C 106: 4 coming of the Lord draweth nigh.; D&C 110: 16 great and dreadful day of the Lord is near.; D&C 112: 25 upon my house shall it begin.; D&C 113: 6 for the gathering of my people in the last days.; D&C 115: 6 gathering together upon the land of Zion.; D&C 133: 37 gospel shall be preached unto every nation.; Moses 7: 60 even so will I come in the last days.; Moses 7: 63 Lord said unto Enoch: Then shalt . . . thy city meet them there.; JS-H 1: 41 fulness of the Gentiles was soon to come.

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Latchet

Isa. 5: 27 (2 Ne. 15: 27 ) nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.; Mark 1: 7 (Luke 3: 16 ; John 1: 27 ; 1 Ne. 10: 8 ) latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to . . . unloose.

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Laughter, Laugh

(see also Happiness ; Levity ; Scorn )

Gen. 17: 17 Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed.; Gen. 18: 13 Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh.; Gen. 21: 6 Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh.; 2 Kgs. 19: 21 daughter of Zion hath . . . laughed thee to scorn.; Neh. 2: 19 (Alma 26: 23 ) they laughed us to scorn, and despised us.; Ps. 2: 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh.; Ps. 37: 13 Lord shall laugh at him.; Ps. 52: 6 righteous . . . shall laugh at him.; Prov. 14: 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.; Eccl. 2: 2 I said of laughter, It is mad.; Eccl. 3: 4 time to weep, and a time to laugh.; Eccl. 7: 6 so is the laughter of the fool . . . vanity.; Matt. 9: 24 (Mark 5: 40 ; Luke 8: 53 ) maid is not dead . . . they laughed him to scorn.; Luke 6: 21 Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.; James 4: 9 let your laughter be turned to mourning.; 3 Ne. 9: 2 (Moses 7: 26 ) devil laugheth, and his angels rejoice.; D&C 45: 49 they that have laughed shall see their folly.; D&C 59: 15 not with much laughter, for this is sin.; D&C 88: 69 cast away . . . your excess of laughter far from you.

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Laver

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Law

(see also Accountability ; Citizenship ; Command ; Commandments of God ; Decree ; God, Law of ; God, Will of ; Governments ; Ignorance ; Law of Moses ; Order ; Ordinances ; Precept ; Statute )

Gen. 47: 26 Joseph made it a law over the land.; Ex. 13: 9 Lord’s law may be in thy mouth.; Ex. 24: 12 give thee tables of stone, and a law.; Lev. 24: 22 Ye shall have one manner of law.; Num. 6: 13 the law of the Nazarite.; Deut. 1: 5 began Moses to declare this law.; Deut. 4: 8 judgments so righteous as all this law.; Deut. 31: 9 Moses wrote this law, and delivered it.; Josh. 1: 8 book of the law shall not depart.; Josh. 8: 34 afterward he read all the words of the law.; 2 Kgs. 22: 8 (2 Chr. 34: 15 ) have found the book of the law.; Neh. 8: 8 read in the book in the law of God distinctly.; Neh. 10: 29 oath, to walk in God’s law.; Ps. 1: 2 in his law doth he meditate.; Ps. 19: 7 law of the Lord is perfect.; Ps. 37: 31 law of his God is in his heart.; Ps. 119: 165 peace have they which love thy law.; Prov. 1: 8 (Prov. 6: 20 ) forsake not the law of thy mother.; Prov. 13: 14 law of the wise is a fountain of life.; Prov. 28: 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son.; Prov. 29: 18 he that keepeth the law, happy is he.; Isa. 2: 3 (Micah 4: 2 ; 2 Ne. 12: 3 ) out of Zion shall go forth the law.; Isa. 8: 16 seal the law among my disciples.; Isa. 42: 21 magnify the law, and make it honourable.; Isa. 51: 4 (2 Ne. 8: 4 ) a law shall proceed from me.; Isa. 51: 7 (2 Ne. 8: 7 ) people in whose heart is my law.; Jer. 31: 33 (Heb. 8: 10 ; Heb. 10: 16 ) my law in their inward parts.; Hosea 4: 6 thou hast forgotten the law of thy God.; Hosea 8: 12 written to him the great things of my law.; Amos 2: 4 they have despised the law of the Lord.; John 7: 51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him.; Acts 7: 53 received the law by the disposition of angels.; Acts 18: 15 it be a question of . . . your law.; Rom. 3: 27 what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.; Rom. 4: 15 law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.; Rom. 5: 13 sin is not imputed when there is no law.; Rom. 7: 8 without the law sin was dead.; Rom. 7: 14 law is spiritual: but I am carnal.; Rom. 7: 22 delight in the law of God after the inward man.; Rom. 8: 2 law of the Spirit . . . made me free from the law of sin.; Rom. 10: 4 Christ is the end of the law for righteousness.; Rom. 13: 10 love is the fulfilling of the law.; 1 Cor. 6: 1 go to law before the unjust.; 1 Cor. 6: 6 brother goeth to law with brother.; 1 Cor. 7: 39 wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth.; 1 Cor. 9: 21 To them that are without law, as without law.; 1 Cor. 15: 56 strength of sin is the law.; Gal. 6: 2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.; Philip. 3: 6 righteousness which is in the law, blameless.; James 1: 25 looketh into the perfect law of liberty.; James 2: 10 keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point.; James 4: 11 speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law.; 1 Jn. 3: 4 sin is the transgression of the law.; 2 Ne. 2: 5 by the law no Mesh is justified.; 2 Ne. 2: 26 not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law.; 2 Ne. 9: 25 no law given there is no punishment.; Mosiah 29: 13 just men to be your kings, who would establish the laws of God.; Mosiah 29: 25 choose . . . judges, that ye may be judged according to the laws.; Alma 42: 17 How could he sin if there was no law.; Alma 42: 17 How could there be a law save there was a punishment.; Alma 42: 22 justice claimeth the creature and executeth the law.; Moro. 8: 22 alive in Christ and also all they that are without the law.; Moro. 8: 22 power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law.; D&C 29: 34 not at any time have I given unto you a law which was temporal.; D&C 41: 3 by the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law.; D&C 41: 5 He that receiveth my law and doeth it the same is my disciple.; D&C 42: 2 hear and obey the law.; D&C 42: 59 given unto thee in my scriptures for a law, to be my law to govern my church.; D&C 45: 54 they that knew no law shall have part in the first resurrection.; D&C 58: 21 Let no man break the laws of the land.; D&C 76: 72 these are they who died without law.; D&C 88: 21 they who are not sanctified through the law . . . inherit another kingdom.; D&C 88: 34 that which is governed by law is also preserved by law.; D&C 88: 35 That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself . . . cannot be sanctified by law.; D&C 88: 38 unto every kingdom is given a law.; D&C 88: 42 he hath given a law unto all things.; D&C 93: 53 obtain a knowledge of . . . laws of God and man.; D&C 98: 4 laws of the land . . . people should observe.; D&C 105: 4 union required by the law of the celestial kingdom.; D&C 105: 29 lands . . . possess them according to the laws of consecration.; D&C 119: 4 one-tenth of all their interest . . . a standing law.; D&C 130: 20 There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven.; D&C 132: 5 (D&C 132: 21, 32 ) all who will have a blessing at my hands shall abide the law . . . appointed for that blessing.

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Law of Moses

(see also Commandments of God ; God, Law of ; Law ; Offerings ; Sacrifices ; Statute ; BD Law of Moses )

Ex. 18: 20 teach them ordinances and laws.; Ex. 20: 1 God spake all these words.; Ex. 31: 18 two tables . . . written with the finger of God.; Ex. 32: 16 tables were the work of God.; Ex. 34: 28 words of the covenant, the ten commandments.; Deut. 5: 22 he wrote them in two tables of stone.; Deut. 33: 4 Moses commanded us a law.; 1 Kgs. 8: 9 nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone.; Dan. 9: 13 As it is written in the law of Moses.; Matt. 5: 17 (3 Ne. 12: 17 ) Think not that I am come to destroy the law.; Matt. 5: 18 (3 Ne. 12: 18 ) one jot . . . shall in no wise pass from the law.; Matt. 7: 12 (3 Ne. 14: 12 ) whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye . . . to them: for this is the law.; Matt. 11: 13 all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.; Matt. 22: 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.; Matt. 23: 23 Pharisees . . . have omitted the weightier matters of the law.; Luke 10: 26 What is written in the law.; Luke 16: 17 easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.; Luke 24: 44 all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses.; John 1: 17 law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus.; John 1: 45 him, of whom Moses in the law . . . did write.; John 7: 51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him.; John 8: 5 law commanded us, that such should be stoned.; John 12: 34 have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever.; John 19: 7 We have a law, and by our law he ought to die.; Acts 7: 53 received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.; Acts 13: 15 after reading of the law and the prophets.; Acts 13: 39 could not be justified by the law of Moses.; Acts 15: 5 needful . . . to keep the law of Moses.; Acts 22: 3 taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers.; Rom. 2: 12 as many as have sinned without law shall also perish.; Rom. 2: 14 when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves.; Rom. 3: 20 by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified . . . for by the law is the knowledge of sin.; Rom. 3: 28 man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.; Rom. 6: 14 ye are not under the law, but under grace.; Rom. 7: 1 law hath dominion over a man.; Rom. 7: 4 (Gal. 2: 19 ) ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ.; Rom. 7: 7 I had not known sin, but by the law.; Rom. 10: 4 Christ is the end of the law.; Rom. 13: 10 love is the fulfilling of the law.; Gal. 2: 21 if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead.; Gal. 3: 2 Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by . . . faith.; Gal. 3: 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law.; Gal. 3: 24 law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ.; Gal. 4: 5 To redeem them that were under the law.; Gal. 5: 4 justified by the law, ye are fallen from grace.; Gal. 5: 18 if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.; 1 Tim. 1: 9 law is not made for a righteous man.; Heb. 7: 19 law made nothing perfect.; Heb. 8: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers.; Heb. 9: 1 first covenant had also ordinances of divine service.; Heb. 10: 1 (Mosiah 16: 14-15 ) law having a shadow of good things to come.; Heb. 10: 28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy.; 1 Ne. 4: 16 law was engraven upon the plates of brass.; 2 Ne. 5: 10 all things according to the law of Moses.; 2 Ne. 11: 4 this end hath the law of Moses . . . the typifying of him.; 2 Ne. 25: 25 for this end was the law given.; Jacob 4: 5 we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him.; Mosiah 3: 14 he appointed unto them . . . the law of Moses.; Mosiah 12: 29 If ye teach the law of Moses why do ye not keep it.; Mosiah 13: 30 a law given them . . . to keep them in remembrance of God.; Alma 13: 16 ordinances . . . look forward on the Son.; Alma 30: 3 keep the law of Moses until it should be fulfilled.; Alma 34: 14 meaning of the law . . . pointing to that great and last sacrifice.; 3 Ne. 1: 25 law was not yet fulfilled.; 3 Ne. 9: 17 in me is the law of Moses fulfilled.; 3 Ne. 15: 5 I am he that gave the law.; 4 Ne. 1: 12 did not walk any more after . . . law of Moses.; Moro. 7: 28 he hath answered the ends of the law.; D&C 22: 2 cannot enter in at the strait gate by the law of Moses.; D&C 59: 22 this is according to the law and the prophets.; D&C 74: 3 become subject to the law of Moses.; D&C 84: 27 law of carnal commandments.

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Lawful

(see also Right )

Ezra 7: 24 it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute.; Matt. 12: 2 (Mark 2: 24 ; Luke 6: 2 ) disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.; Matt. 12: 10 Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days.; Matt. 14: 4 (Mark 6: 18 ) It is not lawful for thee to have her.; Matt. 19: 3 (Mark 10: 2 ) Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife.; Matt. 22: 17 (Mark 12: 14 ; Luke 20: 22 ) Is it lawful to give tribute.; John 5: 10 not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.; John 18: 31 not lawful for us to put any man to death.; Acts 16: 21 customs, which are not lawful for us to receive.; Acts 22: 25 lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman.; 1 Cor. 6: 12 (1 Cor. 10: 23 ) all things are lawful for me.; 2 Cor. 12: 4 words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.; D&C 49: 16 lawful that he should have one wife.; D&C 76: 115 not lawful for man to utter.; D&C 86: 9 ye are lawful heirs.; D&C 132: 65 shall be lawful in me . . . for him to receive all things.

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Lawgiver

Gen. 49: 10 not depart . . . nor a lawgiver from between his feet.; Ps. 60: 7 (Ps. 108: 8 ) Judah is my lawgiver.; Isa. 33: 22 Lord is our lawgiver.; James 4: 12 one lawgiver, who is able to save.; D&C 38: 22 I am your lawgiver.; D&C 45: 59 he will be their king and their lawgiver.; D&C 64: 13 that ye may not offend him who is your lawgiver.; D&C 138: 41 Moses, the great law-giver of Israel.

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Lawyer

(see also Scribe )

Matt. 22: 35 (Luke 10: 25 ) a lawyer, asked him a question.; Luke 7: 30 Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel.; Luke 11: 46 (Luke 11: 52 ) Woe unto you also, ye lawyers.; Luke 14: 3 Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers.; Alma 10: 15 lawyers were learned in . . . cunning of the people.; Alma 10: 27 destruction . . . by the unrighteousness of your lawyers.; 3 Ne. 6: 11 there were many . . . lawyers.; 3 Ne. 6: 21 (3 Ne. 6: 27 ) those who were lawyers were angry.

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Lay, Laid

(see also Hands, Laying on of ; Lie )

Gen. 22: 6 (Gen. 22: 9 ) Abraham took the wood . . . and laid it upon Isaac.; Gen. 22: 12 Lay not thine hand upon the lad.; Deut. 11: 18 lay up these my words in your heart.; Job 38: 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations.; Isa. 28: 16 (1 Pet. 2: 6 ) I lay in Zion for a foundation.; Matt. 6: 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.; Matt. 8: 20 (Luke 9: 58 ) Son of man hath not where to lay his head.; Matt. 28: 6 (Mark 16: 6 ) see the place where the Lord lay.; John 10: 15 I lay down my life for the sheep.; John 10: 17 I lay down my life, that I might take it again.; John 11: 34 Where have ye laid him.; John 13: 37 I will lay down my life for thy sake.; John 15: 13 that a man lay down his life for his friends.; Rom. 8: 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect.; 1 Cor. 3: 11 other foundation can no man lay than that is laid.; 1 Cor. 16: 2 let every one of you lay by him in store.; 1 Tim. 6: 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation.; 2 Tim. 4: 8 is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.; Heb. 6: 18 lay hold upon the hope set before us.; 1 Jn. 3: 16 because he laid down his life for us.; 2 Ne. 2: 8 (2 Ne. 26: 24 ) Messiah, who layeth down his life.; 2 Ne. 8: 16 that I may . . . lay the foundations of the earth.; Jacob 5: 13 (Jacob 5: 13-76 ) that I may lay up fruit.; Alma 53: 17 protect the land unto the laying down of their lives.; Hel. 3: 29 whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God.; Hel. 5: 8 do these things to lay up for yourselves a treasure.; Hel. 13: 34 (Ether 14: 1 ) we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone.; 3 Ne. 9: 22 I have laid down my life, and have taken it up again.; Morm. 7: 8 lay hold upon the gospel of Christ.; Moro. 7: 19 lay hold upon every good thing.; Moro. 10: 30 lay hold upon every good gift.; D&C 21: 2 (D&C 58: 7 ; D&C 64: 33 ; D&C 101: 47 ; D&C 115: 11 ; D&C 119: 2 ; D&C 124: 118 ) inspired of the Holy Ghost to lay the foundation.; D&C 58: 5 Remember . . . that you may lay it to heart.; D&C 98: 13 whoso layeth down his life in my cause . . . shall find it.; D&C 101: 35 lay down their lives for my sake . . . partake of all this glory.

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Laying on of Hands

(see Hands, Laying on of ; BD Laying on of Hands )

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Lazarus

(see BD Lazarus )

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Laziness

(see also Idleness ; Sleep ; Slothfulness )

Prov. 6: 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways.; Prov. 10: 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand.; Prov. 13: 4 soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing.; Prov. 20: 4 sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold.; Prov. 20: 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty.; Col. 3: 23 whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord.; 2 Thes. 3: 10 if any would not work, neither should he eat.; Mosiah 9: 12 they were a lazy and an idolatrous people.; Mosiah 11: 6 thus they were supported in their laziness.; Alma 17: 15 they were a very indolent people.; Alma 47: 36 they became more hardened . . . giving way to indolence.; D&C 56: 17 Wo unto you . . . who will not labor with your own hands.; D&C 58: 27 men should he anxiously engaged in a good cause.; D&C 64: 33 be not weary in well-doing.

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Lead, Led

(see also Direct ; Guide ; Leader ; Leadership )

Gen. 24: 27 Lord led me to the house of my master’s.; Ex. 13: 18 God led the people about.; Ex. 13: 21 in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.; Deut. 8: 2 led thee these forty years in the wilderness.; Ps. 23: 2 he leadeth me beside the still waters.; Ps. 25: 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me.; Ps. 61: 2 lead me to the rock that is higher than I.; Ps. 68: 18 (Eph. 4: 8 ) thou hast led captivity captive.; Ps. 80: 1 Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock.; Prov. 4: 11 I have led thee in right paths.; Isa. 3: 12 (2 Ne. 13: 12 ) they which lead thee cause thee to err.; Isa. 11: 6 (2 Ne. 21: 6 ; 2 Ne. 30: 12 ) little child shall lead them.; Isa. 42: 16 I will lead them in paths that they have not known.; Isa. 48: 17 leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.; Matt. 4: 1 (Luke 4: 1 ) Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit.; Matt. 6: 13 (Luke 11: 4 ; 3 Ne. 13: 12 ) lead us not into temptation.; Matt. 7: 14 (3 Ne. 14: 14 ) strait is the gate . . . which leadeth unto life.; Matt. 15: 14 (Luke 6: 39 ) blind lead the blind, both shall fall.; Matt. 27: 31 (Mark 15: 20 ; Luke 23: 26 ) led him away to crucify.; Mark 8: 23 took the blind man . . . and led him out of the town.; Luke 4: 29 led him unto the brow of the hill.; Luke 21: 24 shall be led away captive into all nations.; John 10: 3 calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.; Acts 8: 32 He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.; Rom. 2: 4 goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.; Rom. 8: 14 as many as are led by the Spirit of God.; Gal. 5: 18 if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.; 2 Tim. 3: 6 lead captive silly women . . . led away with divers lusts.; 2 Pet. 3: 17 beware lest ye also, being led away.; Rev. 7: 17 lead them unto living fountains of waters.; 1 Ne. 4: 6 I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand.; 1 Ne. 11: 25 rod of iron . . . which led to the fountain.; 1 Ne. 17: 24 commanded Moses that he should lead them out of bondage.; 1 Ne. 17: 38 leadeth away the righteous into precious lands.; 2 Ne. 1: 5 led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord.; 2 Ne. 10: 22 God has led away from time to time from the house of Israel.; 2 Ne. 28: 14 they are led, that . . . they do err.; 2 Ne. 28: 21 devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.; 2 Ne. 31: 18 (2 Ne. 33: 9 ) straight and narrow path which leads to eternal life.; Alma 4: 11 began to lead . . . from one piece of iniquity to another.; Alma 13: 28 humble yourselves . . . and thus be led by the Holy Spirit.; Alma 36: 28 he led them by his power into the promised land.; Alma 39: 12 Command thy children to do good, lest they lead away the hearts of many.; Hel. 15: 7 holy scriptures . . . leadeth them to faith on the Lord.; 3 Ne. 27: 33 narrow is the way that leads to life.; Morm. 5: 17 they were led even by God the Father.; Moro. 6: 9 Holy Ghost led them whether to preach.; D&C 10: 22 he may lead their souls to destruction.; D&C 11: 12 put your trust in that Spirit which leadeth to do good.; D&C 20: 44 (D&C 20: 49 ) take the lead of all meetings.; D&C 20: 45 conduct the meetings as they are led by the Holy Ghost.; D&C 38: 33 I will lead them whithersoever I will.; D&C 78: 18 be of good cheer, for I will lead you along.; D&C 103: 16 lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel.; D&C 105: 7 (D&C 124: 45 ) who are appointed to lead my people.; D&C 110: 11 committed unto us the keys of . . . the leading of the ten tribes.; D&C 112: 10 Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand.; D&C 132: 22 (D&C 132: 25 ) strait is the gate . . . that leadeth unto the exaltation.; D&C 136: 22 I am he who led the children of Israel.; Moses 4: 4 devil . . . to blind men, and to lead them captive.; Abr. 1: 18 I will lead thee by my hand.

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Leader

(see also Lead ; Leadership )

Isa. 9: 16 (2 Ne. 19: 16 ) leaders of this people cause them to err.; Matt. 15: 14 they be blind leaders of the blind.; Jarom 1: 7 our leaders were mighty men in the faith.; 3 Ne. 7: 11 their leaders did establish their laws.

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Leadership

(see also Bishop ; Delegation of Responsibility ; Elder ; Governments ; Jesus Christ, Head of the Church ; Priesthood, Keys of ; Shepherd ; Watchmen )

Ex. 18: 22 (Num. 11: 17 ) they shall bear the burden with thee.; Deut. 1: 13 Take you wise men . . . make them rulers.; Ps. 25: 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me.; Prov. 4: 11 I have taught . . . I have led thee in right paths.; Prov. 29: 2 (D&C 98: 9 ) when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.; Isa. 3: 12 (Isa. 9: 16 ; 2 Ne. 13: 12 ; 2 Ne. 19: 16 ) they which lead thee cause thee to err.; Isa. 48: 17 leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.; Matt. 15: 14 (Luke 6: 39 ) blind leaders of the blind.; Matt. 20: 26 (Matt. 23: 11 ) whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister.; Matt. 25: 21 I will make thee ruler over many things.; John 10: 12 hireling, and not the shepherd . . . leaveth the sheep.; John 13: 15 I have given you an example . . . do as I have done.; Rom. 8: 14 as many as are led by the Spirit of God.; 1 Cor. 12: 21 nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.; 1 Thes. 5: 12 know them which labour among you, and are over you.; Heb. 5: 4 no man taketh this honour unto himself.; 2 Ne. 9: 48 as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher.; Jacob 1: 19 magnify our office unto the Lord.; Jarom 1: 7 our leaders were mighty men in the faith of the Lord.; Alma 4: 11 began to lead . . . from one piece of iniquity to another.; Alma 13: 3 called . . . on account of their exceeding faith and good works.; 3 Ne. 3: 19 chief captains . . . one that had the spirit of revelation.; 3 Ne. 7: 11 their leaders did establish their laws.; D&C 10: 22 that he may lead their souls to destruction.; D&C 20: 44 to take the lead of all meetings.; D&C 38: 42 Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.; D&C 42: 11 ordained by some one who has authority.; D&C 50: 26 ordained of God . . . is appointed to be the greatest.; D&C 72: 3 required . . . of every steward, to render an account.; D&C 101: 42 He that exalteth himself shall be abased.; D&C 104: 13 every man accountable, as a steward.; D&C 105: 7 who are appointed to lead my people.; D&C 107: 99 let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office.; D&C 121: 39 little authority . . . begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.; D&C 124: 45 whom I have appointed to lead my people.; Abr. 1: 18 I will lead thee by my hand.; Abr. 3: 23 These I will make my rulers.

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Leaf, Leaves

Gen. 3: 7 (Moses 4: 13 ) they sewed fig leaves together.; Gen. 8: 11 dove came . . . in her mouth was an olive leaf.; Lev. 26: 36 sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them.; Ezek. 47: 12 leaf shall not fade . . . leaf thereof for medicine.; Matt. 21: 19 (Mark 11: 13 ) found nothing thereon but leaves only.; Matt. 24: 32 (Mark 13: 28 ; D&C 45: 37 ; JS-M 1: 38 ) yet tender, and putteth forth leaves.; Rev. 22: 2 the leaves of the tree were for the healing.

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League

(see also Covenant )

Josh. 9: 6 to Joshua . . . therefore make ye a league with us.; Judg. 2: 2 ye shall make no league with the inhabitants.; 2 Sam. 5: 3 king David made a league with them in Hebron.

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Leah

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Lean

Judg. 16: 26 feel the pillars . . . that I may lean upon them.; 2 Sam. 1: 6 Saul leaned upon his spear.; Prov. 3: 5 lean not unto thine own understanding.; Micah 3: 11 for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord.; John 13: 23 (John 21: 20 ) leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples.

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Leap

Isa. 35: 6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart.; Luke 1: 41 babe leaped in her womb.; Acts 3: 8 into the temple, walking, and leaping.; D&C 42: 51 lame who hath faith to leap shall leap.

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Learn, Learning

(see also Education ; Holy Ghost, Mission of ; Knowledge ; Mysteries of Godliness ; Scriptures, Value of ; Study ; Teaching ; Understanding ; Wisdom )

Gen. 30: 27 I have learned by experience.; Deut. 4: 10 (Deut. 31: 13 ) hear my words, that they may learn to fear.; Deut. 5: 1 statutes . . . that ye may learn them.; Ps. 119: 71 I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.; Prov. 1: 5 a wise man will hear, and will increase learning.; Prov. 9: 9 teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.; Isa. 1: 17 Learn to do well.; Isa. 2: 4 (Micah 4: 3 ; 2 Ne. 12: 4 ) neither shall they learn war any more.; Isa. 29: 11 (2 Ne. 27: 15-20 ) deliver to one that is learned.; Isa. 29: 24 (2 Ne. 27: 35 ) they that murmured shall learn doctrine.; Isa. 50: 4 given me the tongue of the learned.; Dan. 1: 17 God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning.; Matt. 7: 7 (3 Ne. 14: 7 ) knock, and it shall be opened unto you.; Matt. 11: 29 learn of me . . . and ye shall find rest unto your souls.; Matt. 24: 32 (Mark 13: 28 ; D&C 35: 16 ; JS-M 1: 38 ) learn a parable of the fig tree.; John 5: 39 search the scriptures.; John 6: 45 learned of the Father, cometh unto me.; John 16: 13 Spirit of truth . . . will guide you into all truth.; Acts 7: 22 Moses was learned in all the wisdom.; 1 Cor. 2: 14 natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit.; Col. 2: 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy.; 1 Tim. 2: 11 woman learn in silence with all subjection.; 1 Tim. 5: 4 let them learn first to shew piety at home.; 1 Tim. 5: 13 withal they learn to be idle.; 2 Tim. 3: 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge.; Titus 3: 14 learn to maintain good works.; Heb. 5: 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience.; 2 Pet. 1: 5 add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge.; 1 Ne. 1: 1 taught somewhat in all the learning of my father.; 1 Ne. 19: 23 scriptures . . . might be for our profit and learning.; 2 Ne. 2: 14 I speak . . . for your profit and learning.; 2 Ne. 4: 15 writeth them for the learning and profit of my children.; 2 Ne. 9: 29 to be learned is good if they hearken.; 2 Ne. 9: 42 who are puffed up because of their learning.; 2 Ne. 26: 20 preach up . . . their own wisdom and their own learning.; Jacob 7: 4 he was learned, that he had a perfect knowledge.; Alma 1: 26 neither was the teacher any better than the learner.; Alma 10: 15 lawyers were learned in all the arts.; Alma 12: 10 not harden his heart, to him is given the greater portion.; Alma 32: 12 ye may learn wisdom.; Alma 37: 35 learn wisdom in thy youth.; Alma 38: 9 learn of me that there is no other way.; 3 Ne. 6: 12 receive great learning because of their riches.; Morm. 9: 31 ye may learn to be more wise than we have been.; D&C 19: 23 Learn of me . . . and you shall have peace in me.; D&C 50: 24 he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more.; D&C 88: 118 (D&C 109: 7 ) seek learning, even by study and also by faith.; D&C 88: 123 learn to impart one to another.; D&C 90: 15 study and learn . . . books . . . languages, tongues.; D&C 105: 6 (D&C 105: 3 ) chastened until they learn obedience.; D&C 107: 99 let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office.; D&C 121: 35 (D&C 121: 39 ) they do not learn this one lesson.; D&C 130: 18 Whatever . . . intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us.; D&C 131: 6 impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance.; D&C 136: 32 Let him that is ignorant learn wisdom by humbling.; D&C 138: 56 their first lessons in the world of spirits.

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Least

(see also Less )

Gen. 32: 10 not worthy of the least of all the mercies.; Judg. 6: 15 I am the least in my father’s house.; 1 Sam. 9: 21 my family the least of all the families of the tribe.; Jer. 31: 34 (Heb. 8: 11 ) all know me, from the least.; Matt. 2: 6 art not the least among the princes of Juda.; Matt. 5: 19 he shall be called the least in the kingdom.; Matt. 11: 11 (Luke 7: 28 ) least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.; Matt. 25: 40 unto one of the least of these my brethren.; Matt. 25: 45 to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.; Luke 9: 48 least among you all, the same shall be great.; Luke 16: 10 in that which is least is faithful.; 1 Cor. 15: 9 I am the least of the apostles.; Eph. 3: 8 me, who am less than the least of all saints.; Alma 42: 30 Do not . . . excuse yourself in the least point.; Alma 45: 16 (D&C 1: 31 ) Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.; D&C 50: 26 notwithstanding he is the least and the servant of all.; D&C 67: 6 seek ye out of the Book of Commandments, even the least that is among them.; D&C 84: 98 all shall know me . . . from the least to the greatest.; D&C 88: 47 any man who hath seen any or the least of these hath seen God moving in his majesty.

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Leave, Left [verb]

(see also Depart ; Go )

Gen. 2: 24 (Matt. 19: 5 ; Mark 10: 7 ; Eph. 5: 31 ; Moses 3: 24 ; Abr. 5: 18 ) shall a man leave his father.; Gen. 39: 12 he left his garment in her hand, and fled.; Ruth 1: 16 Intreat me not to leave thee.; 1 Kgs. 19: 10 (Rom. 11: 3 ) I only, am left.; Ps. 16: 10 (Acts 2: 27 ) wilt not leave my soul in hell.; Ps. 27: 9 leave me not, neither forsake me, O God.; Isa. 4: 3 (2 Ne. 14: 3 ) he that is left in Zion . . . shall be called holy.; Zech. 13: 8 two parts . . . cut off and die: but the third shall be left.; Mal. 4: 1 (3 Ne. 25: 1 ; D&C 133: 64 ; JS-H 1: 37 ) day that cometh . . . shall leave them neither root nor branch.; Matt. 4: 11 devil leaveth him . . . angels came and ministered.; Matt. 5: 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar.; Matt. 15: 37 (Mark 8: 8 ) that was left seven baskets full.; Matt. 18: 12 (Luke 15: 4 ) doth he not leave the ninety and nine.; Matt. 23: 23 (Luke 11: 42 ) not to leave the other undone.; Matt. 24: 2 (Mark 13: 2 ; Luke 21: 6 ; D&C 45: 20 ; JS-M 1: 3 ) shall not be left here one stone.; Matt. 24: 40 (JS-M 1: 44 ) one shall be taken, and the other left.; Mark 10: 28 (Luke 18: 28 ) we have left all, and have followed.; Luke 5: 28 he left all, rose up, and followed him.; John 10: 12 hireling . . . seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep.; John 14: 18 I will not leave you comfortless.; John 16: 28 I leave the world, and go to the Father.; 1 Cor. 7: 13 husband . . . let her not leave him.; Heb. 6: 1 leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ.; Heb. 13: 5 I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.; Rev. 2: 4 because thou hast left thy first love.; 1 Ne. 3: 26 we were obliged to leave behind our property.; Alma 1: 26 priests left their labor to impart the word.; Alma 13: 3 being left to choose good or evil.; Alma 16: 10 in one day it was left desolate.; Morm. 2: 26 we were left to ourselves, that the Spirit of the Lord did not abide.; D&C 19: 36 Leave thy house and home.; D&C 30: 3 you are left to inquire for yourself at my hand.; D&C 42: 75 if . . . persons have left their companions for the sake of adultery . . . be cast out.; D&C 82: 23 Leave judgment alone with me.; D&C 87: 5 remnants who are left . . . will marshal themselves.; D&C 88: 82 (D&C 101: 93 ) they are left without excuse.; D&C 121: 38 ere he is aware, he is left unto himself.; Moses 1: 9 Moses was left unto himself.; Abr. 2: 4 Therefore I left the land of Ur.

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Leaven

(see also Example ; Jesus Christ, Exemplar ; BD Leaven )

Ex. 12: 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.; Ex. 13: 7 neither shall there be leaven seen with thee.; Ex. 34: 25 (Lev. 2: 11 ) not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven.; Lev. 6: 17 (Lev. 23: 17 ) It shall not be baken with leaven.; Deut. 16: 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it.; Amos 4: 5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven.; Matt. 13: 33 (Luke 13: 21 ) kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven.; Matt. 16: 6 (Mark 8: 15 ; Luke 12: 1 ) Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.; 1 Cor. 5: 6 (Gal. 5: 9 ) a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.; 1 Cor. 5: 8 let us keep the feast, not with old leaven.

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Left [adjective]

(see also Leave )

Gen. 13: 9 if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.; Gen. 14: 15 on the left hand of Damascus.; 1 Chr. 12: 2 use both the right hand and the left.; Matt. 6: 3 (3 Ne. 13: 3 ) let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.; Matt. 20: 21 (Mark 10: 37 ) two sons may sit . . . the other on the left.; Matt. 25: 33 sheep on his right hand . . . goats on the left.; Matt. 25: 41 he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart.; Mosiah 5: 10 findeth himself on the left hand of God.; Alma 7: 20 neither hath he a shadow of turning from the right to the left.; Alma 24: 23 (Alma 56: 37, 40 ) brethren would not . . . turn aside to the right hand or to the left.; Alma 58: 17 Gid and his men were on the right and the others on the left.; 3 Ne. 22: 3 thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left.; 3 Ne. 29: 9 ye need not suppose that ye can turn the right hand of the Lord unto the left.; D&C 3: 2 God doth not . . . turn to the right hand nor to the left.; D&C 19: 5 woes shall go forth . . . to those who are found on my left hand.; D&C 29: 27 wicked on my left hand will I be ashamed to own.; D&C 84: 88 I will be on your right hand and on your left.

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Leg

John 19: 33 was dead already, they brake not his legs.

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Legion

Matt. 26: 53 give me more than twelve legions of angels.; Mark 5: 9 (Luke 8: 30 ) My name is Legion: for we are many.

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Leisure Time

(see Good Works ; Idleness ; Laziness ; Rest ; Work, Value of )

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Lend, Lent

Ex. 12: 36 lent unto them such things as they required.; Ex. 22: 25 lend money to any of my people that is poor.; Deut. 15: 6 thou shalt lend unto many nations.; Deut. 15: 8 lend him sufficient for his need.; Deut. 23: 20 unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury.; Deut. 24: 10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing.; Deut. 28: 44 shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him.; Prov. 19: 17 hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.; Jer. 15: 10 neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me.; Luke 6: 34 if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive.; Luke 11: 5 say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves.; 2 Ne. 28: 30 blessed are those who . . . lend an ear unto my counsel.; Mosiah 2: 21 serve him who has created you from the beginning . . . by lending you breath.; Ether 14: 2 every man . . . would not borrow neither would he lend.

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Length

Deut. 30: 20 he is thy life, and the length of thy days.; Prov. 3: 2 length of days . . . shall they add to thee.; Eph. 3: 18 comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length.; Rev. 21: 16 length is as large as the breadth.

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Lengthen

Deut. 25: 15 that thy days may be lengthened.; Isa. 54: 2 (3 Ne. 22: 2 ) lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.; Dan. 4: 27 if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.; 2 Ne. 2: 21 their time was lengthened.; 2 Ne. 28: 32 I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them.; Hel. 7: 24 he will lengthen out their days.; Hel. 12: 14 it lengthen out the day for many hours.

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Leopard

Isa. 11: 6 (2 Ne. 21: 6 ; 2 Ne. 30: 12 ) leopard shall lie down with the kid.; Jer. 13: 23 Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots.; Dan. 7: 6 I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard.; Hab. 1: 8 horses also are swifter than the leopards.; Rev. 13: 2 beast which I saw was like unto a leopard.

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Leprosy, Leper, Leprous

(see also Sickness ; BD Leper ; BD Leprosy )

Ex. 4: 6 his hand was leprous as snow.; Lev. 13: 2 when a man shall have . . . in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy.; Lev. 14: 2 This shall be the law of the leper.; Lev. 22: 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper.; Num. 5: 2 they put out of the camp every leper.; Num. 12: 10 Miriam became leprous.; Deut. 24: 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy.; 2 Kgs. 5: 1 Naaman . . . was a leper.; 2 Kgs. 5: 27 leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee.; 2 Kgs. 15: 5 Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper.; 2 Chr. 26: 21 Uzziah the king was a leper.; Matt. 8: 2 (Matt. 8: 2-4 ; Luke 5: 12 ) there came a leper and worshipped him.; Matt. 10: 8 heal the sick, cleanse the lepers.; Matt. 11: 5 (Luke 7: 22 ) lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear.; Mark 1: 40 there came a leper to him.; Luke 4: 27 many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus.; Luke 17: 12 ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off.; 3 Ne. 17: 7 Have ye any that are . . . leprous.

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Less, Lesser

(see also Least )

Gen. 1: 16 (Moses 2: 16 ; Abr. 3: 5 ; Abr. 4: 16 ) lesser light to rule the night.; Ex. 30: 15 poor shall not give less.; Ezra 9: 13 punished us less than our iniquities deserve.; Mark 4: 31 less than all the seeds that be in the earth.; Eph. 3: 8 who am less than the least of all saints.; Heb. 7: 7 less is blessed of the better.; Mosiah 4: 2 (Hel. 12: 7 ) even less than the dust of the earth.; Alma 12: 10 same receiveth the lesser portion of the word.; 3 Ne. 2: 1 began to be less and less astonished at a sign.; 3 Ne. 11: 40 (D&C 10: 68 ) whoso shall declare more or less than this . . . cometh of evil.; 3 Ne. 18: 13 whoso . . . do more or less than these are not built upon my rock.; D&C 68: 19 high priest . . . has authority to officiate in all the lesser offices.; D&C 76: 81 telestial, which glory is that of the lesser.; D&C 84: 26 (D&C 84: 30 ) the lesser priesthood continued.; D&C 88: 37 either a greater or a lesser kingdom.; D&C 107: 14 (D&C 107: 17, 20 ) called the lesser priesthood is because it is an appendage.

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Lesson

D&C 121: 35 aspire . . . that they do not learn this one lesson.; D&C 138: 56 before they were born, they . . . received their first lessons.

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Letter

(see also Epistle )

2 Sam. 11: 15 wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah.; 2 Kgs. 5: 6 he brought the letter to the king.; 2 Kgs. 19: 14 (Isa. 37: 14 ) Hezekiah received the letter.; Ezra 4: 11 letter that they sent . . . unto Artaxerxes.; Ezra 7: 11 letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra.; Esth. 3: 13 (Esth. 8: 10 ; Esth. 9: 30 ) letters were sent by posts.; Jer. 29: 1 letter that Jeremiah . . . sent from Jerusalem.; Acts 9: 2 desired of him letters to Damascus.; Acts 15: 23 they wrote letters by them after this manner.; Rom. 2: 29 circumcision . . . in the spirit, and not in the letter.; Rom. 7: 6 not in the oldness of the letter.; 2 Cor. 3: 1 letters of commendation from you.; 2 Cor. 3: 6 letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.; 2 Cor. 10: 10 his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful.; Gal. 6: 11 how large a letter I have written unto you.; 2 Thes. 2: 2 be not soon shaken . . . by letter as from us.; Heb. 13: 22 have written a letter unto you in few words.; D&C 20: 84 letter certifying that they are regular members.; D&C 107: 20 administer in outward ordinances, the letter of the gospel.; D&C 128: 7 revelation contained in the letter which I wrote.

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Levi

(see BD Levi )

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Levirate Marriage

(see BD Levirate Marriage )

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Levite

(see also Priest ; BD Levites )

Num. 1: 47 Levites . . . were not numbered among them.; Num. 3: 9 give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons.; Num. 3: 41 take the Levites for me.; Num. 8: 14 separate the Levites . . . the Levites shall be mine.; Num. 8: 18 taken the Levites for all the firstborn.; Num. 35: 2 they give unto the Levites . . . cities to dwell in.; Deut. 12: 19 thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest.; Deut. 18: 1 Levites . . . shall have no part nor inheritance.; Judg. 19: 1 certain Levite . . . who took to him a concubine.; 1 Chr. 6: 48 Levites were appointed unto all manner of service.; 1 Chr. 15: 2 None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites.; 2 Chr. 29: 25 he set the Levites in the house of the Lord.; 2 Chr. 29: 34 Levites were more upright in heart.; Neh. 11: 16 Levites, had the oversight of the outward business.; Luke 10: 32 likewise a Levite, when he was at the place.; John 1: 19 Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem.

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Levitical

(see also Priesthood, Aaronic )

Heb. 7: 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood.; D&C 107: 6 (D&C 107: 10 ) other is the Aaronic or Levitical Priesthood.

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Leviticus

(see BD Leviticus )

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Levity

(see also Laughter ; Soberness )

Eccl. 7: 6 is the laughter of the fool.; Eph. 5: 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking.; 1 Tim. 3: 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued.; D&C 43: 34 let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds.; D&C 59: 15 not with much laughter, for this is sin.; D&C 84: 54 you have treated lightly the things you have.; D&C 88: 69 cast away your idle thoughts and your excess of laughter.; D&C 88: 121 cease . . . from all your pride and lightmindedness.; D&C 100: 7 declare in my name, in solemnity of heart.; JS-H 1: 28 I was guilty of levity.

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Liar

(see Lying )

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Liberal, Liberality

Prov. 11: 25 liberal soul shall be made fat.; Isa. 32: 5 vile person shall be no more called liberal.; Isa. 32: 8 deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.; 1 Cor. 16: 3 I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.; 2 Cor. 8: 2 abounded unto the riches of their liberality.; Alma 1: 30 (Alma 6: 5 ) they were liberal to all.

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Liberally

Deut. 15: 14 furnish him liberally out of thy flock.; James 1: 5 (2 Ne. 4: 35 ; D&C 46: 7 ; JS-H 1: 11 ) ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally.

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Liberty

(see also Agency ; Bondage, Physical ; Bondage, Spiritual ; Citizenship ; Deliverance ; Freedom ; Governments ; Opposition )

Ex. 21: 2 in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.; Lev. 25: 10 proclaim liberty throughout all the land.; Ps. 119: 45 I will walk at liberty.; Isa. 58: 6 to let the oppressed go free.; Isa. 61: 1 to proclaim liberty to the captives.; Jer. 34: 8 made a covenant . . . to proclaim liberty unto them.; Jer. 34: 17 I proclaim a liberty for you.; Ezek. 46: 17 it shall be his to the year of liberty.; Luke 4: 18 to set at liberty them that are bruised.; John 8: 32 know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.; John 8: 36 If the Son . . . make you free, ye shall be free indeed.; Rom. 8: 21 glorious liberty of the children of God.; 1 Cor. 7: 39 she is at liberty to be married.; 1 Cor. 8: 9 lest . . . this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock.; 1 Cor. 10: 29 is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience.; 2 Cor. 3: 17 where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.; Gal. 2: 4 our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus.; Gal. 5: 1 (Mosiah 23: 13 ; Alma 58: 40 ; Alma 61: 9 ; D&C 88: 86 ) Stand . . . in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.; Gal. 5: 13 ye have been called unto liberty, only use not liberty.; Heb. 13: 23 Know ye that . . . Timothy is set at liberty.; James 1: 25 whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty.; James 2: 12 they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.; 1 Pet. 2: 16 not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness.; 2 Pet. 2: 19 they promise them liberty.; 2 Ne. 1: 7 shall be a land of liberty unto them.; 2 Ne. 2: 27 men are free . . . to choose liberty and eternal life.; 2 Ne. 10: 11 this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles.; Mosiah 5: 8 no other head whereby ye can be made free.; Mosiah 29: 32 I desire that this land be a land of liberty.; Mosiah 29: 39 rejoiced because of the liberty which had been granted.; Alma 8: 17 study . . . that they may destroy the liberty.; Alma 21: 22 have the liberty of worshiping the Lord.; Alma 43: 9 that they might preserve their . . . liberty.; Alma 43: 30 only desire . . . their liberty, and their church.; Alma 43: 45 fighting for their homes and their liberties.; Alma 43: 49 they cried . . . unto the Lord . . . for their liberty.; Alma 44: 5 by that liberty which binds us to our lands.; Alma 46: 10 to destroy the foundation of liberty.; Alma 46: 24 let us preserve our liberty as a remnant of Joseph.; Alma 46: 28 all . . . were desirous to maintain their liberty.; Alma 46: 36 he caused the title of liberty to be hoisted.; Alma 48: 10 he was preparing to support their liberty.; Alma 50: 32 consequences would lead to the overthrow of their liberty.; Alma 51: 7 (Alma 51: 13 ) Pahoran and also many of the people of liberty.; Alma 51: 17 should take up arms and support the cause of liberty.; Alma 51: 20 yielded to the standard of liberty.; Alma 53: 17 they never would give up their liberty.; Alma 56: 47 did think more upon the liberty of their fathers.; Alma 58: 12 our wives, and our children, and the cause of our liberty.; Alma 60: 36 freedom and welfare of my country.; Alma 61: 6 in the defence of their country and their freedom.; Alma 61: 15 Spirit of God, which is also the Spirit of freedom.; Alma 62: 4 he did raise the standard of liberty.; Alma 62: 37 true friend to liberty.; Hel. 1: 8 sought to destroy the liberty of the people.; 3 Ne. 2: 12 of their worship, and their freedom and their liberty.; 3 Ne. 3: 2 in the defence of your liberty.; 3 Ne. 5: 4 that they would murder no more were set at liberty.; 3 Ne. 6: 30 that the land should no more be at liberty.; Ether 2: 12 this is a choice land . . . free from bondage.; Ether 8: 25 seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands.; D&C 38: 22 follow me, and you shall be a free people.; D&C 98: 5 law of the land . . . supporting that principle of freedom.; D&C 98: 8 Lord God, make you free, therefore ye are free.; D&C 101: 77 (D&C 101: 76-79 ) laws and constitution . . . maintained for the rights.; D&C 134: 2 (D&C 134: 1-3 ) laws . . . secure to each . . . free exercise of conscience.; D&C 134: 5 laws . . . holding sacred the freedom of conscience.; D&C 138: 31 liberty to the captives . . . unto all who would repent.

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Lick

1 Kgs. 21: 19 place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth.; Luke 16: 21 dogs came and licked his sores.; 1 Ne. 21: 23 (2 Ne. 6: 7, 13 ) they shall . . . lick up the dust of thy feet.

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Lie, Lay, Lain

(see also Lying )

Gen. 19: 32 we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed.; Deut. 22: 25 man force her, and lie with her.; Ps. 10: 9 as a lion . . . he lieth in wait to catch the poor.; Ps. 23: 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.; Isa. 11: 6 (2 Ne. 21: 6 ; 2 Ne. 30: 12 ) leopard shall lie down with the kid.; Matt. 28: 6 Come, see the place where the Lord lay.; 2 Ne. 9: 41 way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course.; 2 Ne. 24: 30 needy shall lie down in safety.; Alma 37: 37 when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord.; D&C 5: 32 I foresee the lying in wait to destroy thee.; D&C 49: 20 (D&C 84: 49 ) world lieth in sin.; D&C 112: 7 thy path lieth among the mountains.; Moses 5: 23 doest not well, sin lieth at the door.; JS-H 1: 20 I found myself lying on my back.

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Life after Death

(see Eternal Life ; Immortality ; Paradise ; Resurrection )

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Life, Eternal

(see Eternal Life )

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Life, Lives

(see also Book of Life ; Breath of Life ; Earth, Purpose of ; Eternal Life ; Immortality ; Jesus Christ, Atonement through ; Life, Sanctity of ; Lives ; Mortality ; Resurrection ; Soul ; Spirit )

Gen. 2: 7 (Moses 3: 7 ; Abr. 5: 7 ) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.; Gen. 2: 9 (Alma 5: 34 ; Alma 12: 21, 23 ; Alma 32: 40 ; Alma 42: 2-6 ; Moses 3: 9 ; Abr. 5: 9 ) tree of life also in the midst of the garden.; Gen. 3: 14 dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.; Gen. 9: 4 (Deut. 12: 23 ) flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.; Ex. 4: 19 men are dead which sought thy life.; Lev. 17: 11 life of the flesh is in the blood.; Deut. 30: 19 before you life and death . . . therefore choose life.; Deut. 30: 20 he is thy life, and the length of thy days.; Job 2: 4 all that a man hath will he give for his life.; Job 33: 4 breath of the Almighty hath given me life.; Ps. 16: 11 (Acts 2: 28 ) wilt shew me the path of life.; Ps. 36: 9 with thee is the fountain of life.; Prov. 3: 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her.; Prov. 4: 22 they are life unto those that find them.; Prov. 6: 23 reproofs of instruction are the way of life.; Prov. 8: 35 whoso findeth me findeth life.; Prov. 13: 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life.; Prov. 14: 27 fear of the Lord is a fountain of life.; Prov. 19: 23 fear of the Lord tendeth to life.; Prov. 21: 21 He that followeth after righteousness . . . findeth life.; Isa. 57: 10 thou hast found the life of thine hand.; Jer. 21: 8 I set before you the way of life.; Ezek. 3: 18 warn . . . from his wicked way, to save his life.; Dan. 7: 12 their lives were prolonged.; Matt. 6: 25 (Luke 12: 22 ; 3 Ne. 13: 25 ) Take no thought for your life.; Matt. 7: 14 narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life.; Matt. 10: 39 (Matt. 16: 25 ; Mark 8: 35 ; Luke 9: 24 ; Luke 17: 33 ) findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.; Matt. 18: 8 (Mark 9: 43, 45 ) it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed.; Matt. 19: 17 if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.; Matt. 20: 28 (Mark 10: 45 ) give his life a ransom for many.; Mark 3: 4 (Luke 6: 9 ) to save life, or to kill.; Luke 9: 56 not come to destroy men’s lives.; Luke 12: 15 man’s life consisteth not in the abundance.; Luke 14: 26 hate not . . . his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.; John 1: 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.; John 5: 24 hath everlasting life . . . passed from death unto life.; John 5: 26 hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.; John 5: 39 in them ye think ye have eternal life.; John 5: 40 will not come to me, that ye might have life.; John 6: 35 I am the bread of life.; John 6: 51 my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.; John 8: 12 shall have the light of life.; John 10: 10 I am come that they might have life.; John 10: 11 (John 10: 15 ; John 13: 37 ) good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.; John 10: 17 my Father love me, because I lay down my life.; John 11: 25 I am the resurrection, and the life.; John 12: 25 hateth his life . . . shall keep it unto life eternal.; John 14: 6 I am the way, the truth, and the life.; John 15: 13 man lay down his life for his friends.; John 17: 3 this is life eternal, that they might know thee.; Acts 11: 18 Gentiles granted repentance unto life.; Acts 15: 26 hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord.; Acts 17: 25 seeing he giveth to all life, and breath.; Acts 20: 24 neither count I my life dear unto myself.; Rom. 5: 10 reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.; Rom. 6: 4 we also should walk in newness of life.; Rom. 8: 6 spiritually minded is life and peace.; Rom. 8: 10 Spirit is life because of righteousness.; Rom. 8: 38 I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life.; 1 Cor. 15: 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ.; 2 Cor. 3: 6 letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.; Gal. 3: 21 if there had been a law given which could have given life.; Gal. 6: 8 shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.; Eph. 4: 18 alienated from the life of God.; Philip. 2: 16 Holding forth the word of life.; Col. 3: 3 your life is hid with Christ in God.; Col. 3: 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear.; 1 Tim. 2: 2 we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.; 1 Tim. 4: 8 life that now is, and of that which is to come.; 2 Tim. 1: 10 brought life and immortality to light.; Heb. 7: 16 after the power of an endless life.; James 1: 12 tried, he shall receive the crown of life.; James 4: 14 what is your life.; 1 Pet. 3: 7 being heirs together of the grace of life.; 1 Pet. 3: 10 he that will love life, and see good days.; 2 Pet. 1: 3 things that pertain unto life and godliness.; 1 Jn. 1: 2 life was manifested, and we have seen it.; 1 Jn. 3: 14 know that we have passed from death unto life.; 1 Jn. 3: 16 laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.; 1 Jn. 5: 12 He that hath the Son hath life.; 1 Jn. 5: 16 give him life for them that sin not unto death.; Rev. 2: 7 will I give to eat of the tree of life.; Rev. 11: 11 Spirit of life from God entered into them.; Rev. 12: 11 they loved not their lives unto the death.; Rev. 13: 15 he had power to give life unto the image.; Rev. 21: 6 I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life.; Rev. 22: 2 side of the river, was there the tree of life.; Rev. 22: 17 let him take the water of life freely.; 1 Ne. 1: 20 Jews . . . sought his life.; 1 Ne. 11: 25 (1 Ne. 15: 22 ) word of God which led . . . to the tree of life.; 2 Ne. 2: 8 Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh.; 2 Ne. 25: 27 children . . . may look forward unto that life which is in Christ.; Jacob 7: 26 our lives passed away as . . . a dream.; Mosiah 4: 6 continue in the faith even unto the end of his life.; Mosiah 7: 22 tribute to the king . . . doth exact of us, or our lives.; Mosiah 13: 11 studied and taught iniquity the most part of your lives.; Mosiah 20: 22 better that we should be in bondage than . . . lose our lives.; Alma 5: 34 (Alma 42: 27 ; D&C 10: 66 ) drink . . . the waters of life.; Alma 5: 58 names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life.; Alma 12: 24 this life became a probationary state.; Alma 26: 32 they had rather sacrifice their lives.; Alma 28: 14 joy because of the light of Christ unto life.; Alma 29: 5 (Hel. 14: 31 ) according to his desires, whether he desireth . . . life or death.; Alma 34: 32 this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God.; Alma 40: 11 taken home to that God who gave them life.; Alma 41: 3 judged . . . if their works were good in this life.; Alma 48: 14 never to raise the sword . . . except it were to preserve their lives.; Alma 54: 12 it shall be . . . life for life.; 3 Ne. 9: 18 (3 Ne. 11: 11 ; Mosiah 16: 9 ; Ether 4: 12 ) I am the light and the life of the world.; 3 Ne. 9: 22 for such I have laid down my life.; D&C 10: 70 (D&C 11: 28 ; D&C 12: 9 ; D&C 34: 2 ; D&C 39: 2 ; D&C 50: 27 ) remember the words of him who is the life and light of the world.; D&C 19: 32 this shall suffice . . . even unto the end of thy life.; D&C 50: 5 whether in life or in death, for they shall inherit.; D&C 77: 8 four angels sent forth . . . to save life . . . and to seal up unto life.; D&C 88: 13 which giveth life to all things.; D&C 89: 14 All grain is ordained . . . to be the staff of life.; D&C 93: 9 in him was the life of men.; D&C 98: 13 (D&C 103: 28 ) whoso layeth down his life in my cause.; D&C 101: 15 (D&C 101: 35 ) who have given their lives for my name.; D&C 101: 30 his life shall be as the age of a tree.; D&C 101: 37 care not for the body, neither the life of the body.; D&C 103: 27 Let no man be afraid to lay down his life for my sake.; D&C 130: 18 Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us.; D&C 132: 22 narrow the way that leadeth unto . . . continuation of the lives.; D&C 132: 24 eternal lives - to know . . . God, and Jesus.; D&C 132: 55 give unto him . . . crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.; D&C 134: 10 we do not believe that any religious society has authority to try men on the right of property or life.; Moses 1: 39 to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life.; Moses 8: 18 giants . . . sought Noah to take away his life.; Abr. 1: 7 they . . . endeavored to take away my life.

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Life, Mortal

(see Mortality )

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Life, Sanctity of

(see also Birth Control ; Murder )

Gen. 4: 10 (Moses 5: 35 ) thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.; Gen. 9: 6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.; Ex. 20: 13 Thou shalt not kill.; 1 Sam. 26: 21 my soul was precious in thine eyes.; Ps. 72: 14 precious shall their blood be in his sight.; Matt. 18: 11 Son of man is come to save that which was lost.; Luke 9: 56 (Luke 19: 10 ) not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.; John 15: 13 Greater love hath no man than . . . lay down his life for his friends.; 1 Cor. 3: 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God.; 1 Jn. 3: 15 no murderer hath eternal life.; 1 Ne. 4: 13 better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle.; Mosiah 20: 22 better that we should be in bondage than . . . lose our lives.; Alma 26: 32 they had rather sacrifice their lives.; Alma 34: 12 law requireth the life of him who hath murdered.; Alma 39: 5 most abominable above all sins save . . . shedding of innocent blood.; Alma 48: 14 never to raise the sword . . . except it were to preserve their lives.; 3 Ne. 12: 21 whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.; D&C 18: 10 worth of souls is great in the sight of God.; D&C 42: 18 he that kills shall not have forgiveness in this world.; D&C 49: 21 wo be unto man that sheddeth blood . . . and hath no need.; D&C 109: 43 their souls are precious before thee.; D&C 132: 19 (D&C 132: 26-27 ) commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood.; Moses 3: 5 created all things . . . spiritually, before . . . naturally.; Moses 3: 9 it became also a living soul.

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Lift

(see also Exalt ; Magnify )

Ex. 14: 16 lift thou up thy rod.; Num. 6: 26 Lord lift up his countenance upon thee.; 1 Sam. 2: 7 he bringeth low, and lifteth up.; Ps. 24: 7 (Ps. 24: 9 ) Lift up your head, O ye gates.; Ps. 121: 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.; Eccl. 4: 10 if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow.; Isa. 2: 4 (Micah 4: 3 ; 2 Ne. 12: 4 ) shall not lift up sword against nation.; Isa. 59: 19 Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard.; Mark 1: 31 (Mark 9: 27 ) took her by the hand, and lifted her up.; Luke 16: 23 in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments.; Luke 24: 50 he lifted up his hands, and blessed.; John 3: 14 Moses lifted up the serpent.; John 8: 28 When ye have lifted up the Son of man.; John 12: 32 (3 Ne. 27: 15 ) if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all.; 1 Tim. 2: 8 men pray every where, lifting up holy hands.; Heb. 12: 12 lift up the hands which hang down.; James 4: 10 Humble yourselves . . . and he shall lift you up.; Rev. 10: 5 angel . . . lifted up his hand to heaven.; 1 Ne. 11: 33 he was lifted up upon the cross.; 1 Ne. 13: 37 (1 Ne. 16: 2 ; Alma 13: 29 ) endure unto the end they shall be lifted up.; 2 Ne. 26: 20 (Alma 4: 6 ) Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes.; Jacob 2: 13 (Morm. 8: 28 ) ye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts.; Alma 1: 32 not belong to their church . . . being lifted up in the pride of their own eyes.; Alma 31: 25 hearts were lifted up unto great boasting.; Hel. 6: 17 seek to get gain that they might be lifted up.; Hel. 8: 14 as he lifted up the brazen serpent . . . so shall he be lifted up who should come.; D&C 5: 35 thou shalt be lifted up at the last day.; D&C 24: 1 I have lifted thee up out of thine afflictions.; D&C 25: 13 (D&C 27: 15 ; D&C 31: 3 ) lift up thy heart and rejoice.; D&C 35: 26 Lift up your hearts and be glad.; D&C 45: 52 I am he who was lifted up.; D&C 98: 34 first lift a standard of peace.; D&C 104: 18 with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell.; D&C 124: 9 Gentiles to the exaltation or lifting up of Zion.; Moses 7: 24 Enoch was high and lifted up.; Moses 7: 47 The Righteous is lifted up.; Moses 7: 55 beheld the Son of Man lifted up on the cross.

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Light of Christ

(see also God, Spirit of ; Holy Spirit ; Jesus Christ, Light of the World ; Jesus Christ, Spirit of ; Light ; Lord, Spirit of )

Isa. 60: 19 Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light.; John 1: 9 true Light, which lighteth every man.; John 3: 19 light is come into the world, and men loved darkness.; John 8: 12 (John 9: 5 ) I am m the light of the world.; John 12: 35 Yet a little while is the light with you.; 1 Ne. 17: 13 I will also be your light in the wilderness.; Alma 28: 14 joy because of the light of Christ unto life.; Moro. 7: 18 light by which ye may judge, which light is the light of Christ.; D&C 6: 21 I am the light which shineth in darkness.; D&C 10: 70 life and light of the world, your Redeemer.; D&C 11: 13 my Spirit, which shall enlighten your mind.; D&C 14: 9 Jesus Christ . . . a light which cannot be hid in darkness.; D&C 84: 46 Spirit giveth light to every man.; D&C 88: 7 This is the light of Christ.; D&C 88: 12 light proceedeth forth from the presence of God.; D&C 88: 50 I am the true light that is in you.; D&C 93: 2 I am the true light that lighteth every man.; D&C 93: 9 light and the Redeemer of the world.

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Light [noun]

(see also Brightness ; Candle ; Discernment, Spiritual ; Enlighten ; Example ; God, Glory of ; Intelligence ; Israel, Mission of ; Jesus Christ, Light of the World ; Lamp ; Light of Christ ; Mission of Early Saints ; Mission of Latter-day Saints ; Peculiar People ; Scriptures, Study of ; Shine ; Truth )

Gen. 1: 3 (Gen. 1: 4, 16 ; Moses 2: 3-4, 16 ) God said, Let there be light.; Ex. 10: 23 all . . . Israel had light in their dwellings.; 2 Sam. 23: 4 he shall be as the light of the morning.; 1 Kgs. 11: 36 have a light alway before me in Jerusalem.; Job 10: 22 where the light is as darkness.; Ps. 27: 1 Lord is my light.; Ps. 36: 9 in thy light shall we see light.; Ps. 43: 3 send out thy light and thy truth.; Ps. 74: 16 thou hast prepared the light and the sun.; Ps. 112: 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light.; Ps. 118: 27 God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light.; Ps. 119: 105 word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.; Prov. 4: 18 light, that shineth . . . unto the perfect day.; Eccl. 11: 7 Truly the light is sweet.; Isa. 2: 5 (2 Ne. 12: 5 ) let us walk in the light of the Lord.; Isa. 5: 20 (2 Ne. 15: 20 ) put darkness for light, and light for darkness.; Isa. 8: 20 (2 Ne. 18: 20 ) because there is no light in them.; Isa. 9: 2 (Matt. 4: 16 ; 2 Ne. 19: 2 ) the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light.; Isa. 13: 10 (2 Ne. 23: 10 ) constellations thereof shall not give their light.; Isa. 42: 6 covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.; Isa. 45: 7 I form the light.; Isa. 49: 6 (Acts 13: 47 ; D&C 86: 11 ) give thee for a light to the Gentiles.; Isa. 50: 10 walketh in darkness, and hath no light.; Isa. 50: 11 walk in the light of your fire.; Isa. 58: 8 shall thy light break forth as the morning.; Isa. 60: 1 Arise, shine, for thy light is come.; Isa. 60: 3 Gentiles shall come to thy light.; Isa. 60: 19 Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light.; Dan. 5: 14 light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.; Amos 5: 18 day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.; Micah 7: 8 I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light.; Zech. 14: 6 light shall not be clear.; Matt. 5: 16 Let your light so shine before men.; Matt. 6: 22 (Luke 11: 34 ) light of the body is the eye.; Matt. 17: 2 his raiment was white as the light.; Luke 1: 79 give light to them that sit in darkness.; Luke 2: 32 light to lighten the Gentiles.; Luke 12: 35 loins be girded about, and your lights burning.; Luke 16: 8 their generation wiser than the children of light.; John 1: 4 life was the light of men.; John 1: 5 (D&C 45: 7 ) light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.; John 3: 19 light is come into the world, and men loved darkness.; John 5: 35 willing for a season to rejoice in his light.; John 8: 12 (John 9: 5 ; D&C 11: 28 ) I am the light of the world.; John 12: 35 Walk while ye have the light.; John 12: 46 (D&C 45: 9 ) am come a light into the world.; Acts 9: 3 (Acts 22: 6 ; Acts 26: 13 ) shined round about him a light from heaven.; Acts 13: 47 I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles.; Acts 26: 18 turn them from darkness to light.; Rom. 13: 12 let us put on the armour of light.; 1 Cor. 4: 5 bring to light the hidden things of darkness.; 2 Cor. 4: 4 light of the glorious gospel of Christ.; 2 Cor. 4: 6 who commanded the light to shine out of darkness.; 2 Cor. 6: 14 what communion hath light with darkness.; Eph. 5: 14 Christ shall give thee light.; 1 Thes. 5: 5 Ye are all the children of light.; James 1: 17 (D&C 67: 9 ) cometh down from the Father of lights.; 1 Pet. 2: 9 called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.; 2 Pet. 1: 19 unto a light that shineth in a dark place.; 1 Jn. 1: 5 God is light.; 1 Jn. 2: 8 darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.; Rev. 21: 23 Lamb is the light thereof.; Rev. 22: 5 neither light of the sun, for . . . God giveth them light.; 1 Ne. 17: 13 I will also be your light in the wilderness.; 2 Ne. 10: 14 I will be a light unto them forever.; 2 Ne. 26: 10 choose works of darkness rather than light.; 2 Ne. 26: 29 men preach and set themselves up for a light.; Mosiah 16: 9 (Alma 38: 9 ; 3 Ne. 9: 18 ) He is the light and the life of the world.; Alma 9: 23 transgress contrary to the light.; Alma 19: 6 light which did light up his mind.; Alma 32: 35 whatsoever is light, is good.; Hel. 13: 29 how long will ye choose darkness rather than light.; Hel. 14: 3 shall be great lights in heaven.; 3 Ne. 12: 16 let your light so shine before this people.; 3 Ne. 15: 12 ye are a light unto this people.; 3 Ne. 18: 16 I am the light: I have set an example.; Ether 3: 4 have light while we shall cross the sea.; Ether 3: 14 In me shall all mankind have life.; Ether 6: 2 give light unto the vessels.; D&C 6: 21 light which shineth in darkness.; D&C 14: 9 light which cannot be hid in darkness.; D&C 45: 28 light shall break forth among them.; D&C 45: 36 when the light shall begin to break forth.; D&C 50: 24 that light groweth brighter and brighter.; D&C 82: 3 sins against the greater light.; D&C 84: 45 whatsoever is truth is light, and whatsoever is light is Spirit.; D&C 88: 7 This is the light of Christ . . . he is . . . the light of the sun.; D&C 88: 40 light cleaveth unto light.; D&C 88: 44 they give light to each other.; D&C 88: 67 bodies shall be filled with light.; D&C 88: 87 sun . . . shall refuse to give light.; D&C 93: 9 light and the Redeemer of the world.; D&C 93: 29 Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created.; D&C 93: 32 spirit receiveth not the light is under condemnation.; D&C 93: 36 intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth.; D&C 93: 37 Light and truth forsake that evil one.; D&C 93: 40 bring up your children in light and truth.; D&C 103: 9 set to be a light unto the world.; D&C 106: 8 faithful witness and a light unto the church.; D&C 115: 5 thy light may be a standard for the nations.; D&C 124: 9 come to the light of truth.; D&C 128: 20 detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light.; D&C 133: 49 moon shall withhold its light.; JS-H 1: 16 I saw a pillar of light.

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Light [verb]

(see also Descend ; Fall )

Matt. 3: 16 descending like a dove, and lighting upon him.

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Light, Lighter [adjective]

(see also Easy ; Little ; Small )

Isa. 49: 6 (1 Ne. 21: 6 ) light thing that thou shouldest be my servant.; Matt. 11: 30 yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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Light-mindedness

(see also Levity )

D&C 88: 121 cease from all your light speeches . . . and light-mindedness.

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Lighten

(see also Enlighten )

2 Sam. 22: 29 Lord will lighten my darkness.; Ezra 9: 8 God may lighten our eyes.; Ps. 13: 3 lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death.; Ps. 34: 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened.; Ps. 77: 18 lightnings lightened the world.; Luke 2: 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles.; Rev. 18: 1 earth was lightened with his glory.; Rev. 21: 23 glory of God did lighten it.

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Lightly

Deut. 32: 15 lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.; Mark 9: 39 no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.; D&C 84: 54 you have treated lightly the things you have received.; D&C 101: 8 they esteemed lightly my counsel.

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Lightning

(see also Thundering )

Ex. 19: 16 there were thunders and lightnings.; Ps. 77: 18 lightnings lightened the world.; Ezek. 1: 13 out of the fire went forth lightning.; Dan. 10: 6 his face as the appearance of lightning.; Nahum 2: 4 they shall run like the lightnings.; Zech. 9: 14 his arrow shall go forth as the lightning.; Matt. 24: 27 (Luke 17: 24 ; JS-M 1: 26 ) as the lightning cometh out of the east.; Matt. 28: 3 His countenance was like lightning.; Luke 17: 24 as the lightning, that lighteneth . . . so shall the Son of man be.; Rev. 4: 5 out of the throne proceeded lightnings.; Rev. 8: 5 (Rev. 11: 19 ; Rev. 16: 18 ) voices, and thunderings, and lightnings.; 1 Ne. 12: 4 I saw lightnings.; Hel. 14: 21 shall be thunderings and lightnings.; 3 Ne. 8: 7 (3 Ne. 8: 12, 17, 19 ) there were exceedingly sharp lightnings.; D&C 20: 6 angel, whose countenance was as lightning.; D&C 43: 22 when the lightnings shall streak forth from the east.; D&C 43: 25 called upon you by . . . the voice of lightnings.; D&C 85: 8 as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning.; D&C 87: 6 earth shall mourn, and with . . . vivid lightning.; D&C 88: 90 cometh the testimony of the . . . voice of lightnings.; JS-H 1: 32 his countenance truly like lightning.

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Liken

Isa. 40: 18 To whom then will ye liken God.; Matt. 7: 24 (3 Ne. 14: 24 ) I will liken him unto a wise man, which built.; Matt. 11: 16 (Luke 7: 31 ) whereunto shall I liken this generation.; Matt. 13: 24 kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed.; Matt. 18: 23 kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king.; Matt. 25: 1 kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins.; Mark 4: 30 Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God.; 1 Ne. 19: 23 liken all scriptures unto us.; 1 Ne. 22: 8 it is likened unto their being nourished by the Gentiles.; 2 Ne. 6: 5 they may be likened unto you.; 2 Ne. 11: 2 (2 Ne. 11: 8 ) I will liken his words unto my people.; Jacob 5: 3 (Jacob 6: 1 ) I will liken thee . . . unto a tame olivetree.; D&C 88: 46 (D&C 88: 51, 61 ) Unto what shall I liken these kingdoms.; D&C 101: 81 (D&C 101: 85 ) unto what shall I liken the children of Zion.; D&C 103: 21 Joseph Smith . . . is the man to whom I likened the servant.

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Likeness

(see also Similitude )

Gen. 1: 26 (Moses 2: 26 ; Abr. 4: 26 ) Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.; Gen. 5: 1 (Moses 6: 8 ) God created man, in the likeness of God.; Gen. 5: 3 (Moses 6: 10 ) Adam . . . begat a son in his own likeness.; Ex. 20: 4 (Mosiah 12: 36 ) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness.; Deut. 4: 16 graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female.; Rom. 6: 5 likeness of his death . . . the likeness of his resurrection.; Rom. 8: 3 sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.; Philip. 2: 7 made in the likeness of men.; Alma 32: 31 every seed bringeth forth unto its own likeness.; Ether 3: 17 Jesus showed himself . . . in the spirit . . . in the likeness of the same body.; D&C 1: 16 his own God . . . in the likeness of the world.; D&C 20: 18 he created man . . . in his own likeness.; D&C 77: 2 that which is spiritual being in the likeness of that which is temporal.; D&C 107: 43 Seth . . . his likeness was the express likeness of his father.; D&C 128: 12 water, to be immersed therein in order to answer to the likeness of the dead.; Moses 6: 63 all things have their likeness.; Abr. 4: 11 whose seed in itself yieldeth its own likeness.

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Likewise

Luke 6: 31 should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.; Luke 10: 37 Go, and do thou likewise.

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Lilies

Matt. 6: 28 (Luke 12: 27 ; 3 Ne. 13: 28 ; D&C 84: 82 ) Consider the lilies of the field.

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Limit

Ps. 78: 41 tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.; Heb. 4: 7 he limiteth a certain day.; D&C 77: 3 Are the four beasts limited to individual beasts.

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Line

Job 38: 5 who hath stretched the line upon it.; Isa. 28: 10 (2 Ne. 28: 30 ; D&C 98: 12 ; D&C 128: 21 ) precept upon precept, line upon line.; Isa. 28: 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line.; Jer. 31: 39 measuring line shall yet go forth.; Ezek. 47: 3 when the man that had the line in his hand went forth.; Zech. 1: 16 a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.; Zech. 2: 1 a man with a measuring line.; 2 Cor. 10: 16 boast in another man’s line of things.

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Lineage

Luke 2: 4 he was of the house and lineage of David.; D&C 68: 21 claim their anointing if at any time they can prove their lineage.; D&C 84: 14 Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek, who received it through the lineage of his fathers.; D&C 86: 10 priesthood . . . must needs remain through you and your lineage.; D&C 107: 41 This order . . . came down by lineage.; D&C 113: 8 priesthood, which she, Zion, has a right to by lineage.; Abr. 1: 27 Pharaoh being of that lineage by which he could not have the right of Priesthood.

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Linen

Ex. 25: 4 (Ex. 35: 6 ) purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.; Ex. 39: 27 coats of fine linen.; Jer. 13: 1 Go and get thee a linen girdle.; Ezek. 44: 17 they shall be clothed with linen garments.; Matt. 27: 59 (Mark 15: 46 ; Luke 23: 53 ) wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.; Luke 16: 19 clothed in purple and fine linen.; Rev. 19: 8 fine linen is the righteousness of saints.; 1 Ne. 13: 7 (Alma 1: 29 ; Alma 4: 6 ; Ether 10: 24 ) silks . . . and fine-twined linen.; Hel. 6: 13 women . . . did make all manner of cloth, of fine-twined linen.

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Lintel

Ex. 12: 22 strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood.; Amos 9: 1 Lord . . . said, Smite the lintel of the door.

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Lion

Gen. 49: 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp . . . he couched as a lion.; Num. 24: 9 he lay down as a lion.; Deut. 33: 22 Dan is a lion’s whelp.; Judg. 14: 18 what is stronger than a lion.; 1 Sam. 17: 34 there came a lion, and a bear.; 1 Kgs. 13: 24 lion met him by the way, and slew him.; 2 Kgs. 17: 25 Lord sent lions among them.; Ps. 10: 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den.; Prov. 28: 1 righteous are bold as a lion.; Eccl. 9: 4 living dog is better than a dead lion.; Isa. 11: 7 (2 Ne. 21: 7 ; 2 Ne. 30: 13 ) lion shall eat straw like the ox.; Jer. 49: 19 he shall come up like a lion.; Dan. 6: 20 God . . . able to deliver thee from the lions.; Dan. 6: 22 My God . . . hath shut the lions’ mouths.; Dan. 7: 4 first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings.; Hosea 5: 14 as a young lion to the house of Judah.; Hosea 11: 10 he shall roar like a lion.; Micah 5: 8 (3 Ne. 20: 16 ; 3 Ne. 21: 12 ) as a lion among the beasts of the forest.; 2 Tim. 4: 17 delivered out of the mouth of the lion.; Heb. 11: 33 stopped the mouths of lions.; 1 Pet. 5: 8 your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion.; Rev. 4: 7 first beast was like a lion.; Rev. 5: 5 Lion of the tribe of Juda.; Mosiah 20: 10 they fought like lions.; Morm. 5: 24 seed of Jacob shall go forth among you as a lion.; Moses 7: 13 roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness.

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Lip

(see also Mouth ; Tongue )

Ps. 34: 13 (1 Pet. 3: 10 ) Keep . . . thy lips from speaking guile.; Ps. 140: 3 adders’ poison is under their lips.; Prov. 5: 3 lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb.; Prov. 10: 19 he that refraineth his lips is wise.; Prov. 12: 13 snared by the transgression of his lips.; Prov. 12: 19 lip of truth shall be established for ever.; Prov. 13: 3 he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.; Prov. 15: 7 lips of the wise disperse knowledge.; Prov. 16: 13 righteous lips are the delight of kings.; Prov. 18: 7 his lips are the snare of his soul.; Prov. 27: 2 Let another man praise thee . . . not thine own lips.; Isa. 6: 5 (2 Ne. 16: 5 ) I am a man of unclean lips.; Isa. 6: 7 (2 Ne. 16: 7 ) this hath touched thy lips.; Isa. 29: 13 (Matt. 15: 8 ; Mark 7: 6 ; 2 Ne. 27: 25 ; JS-H 1: 19 ) with their lips do honour me.; 1 Cor. 14: 21 men of other tongues and other lips.; Heb. 13: 15 fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.; D&C 63: 6 let the unbelieving hold their lips.; D&C 63: 61 all men beware how they take my name in their lips.

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Liquor

(see Word of Wisdom )

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List

Matt. 17: 12 (Mark 9: 13 ) have done unto him whatsoever they listed.; John 3: 8 wind bloweth where it listeth.; James 3: 4 ships . . . turned about . . . whithersoever the governor listeth.; Mosiah 2: 32 ye list to obey the evil spirit.; Mosiah 2: 33 (Mosiah 2: 37 ) wo pronounced upon him who listeth to obey that spirit.; Alma 3: 27 (D&C 29: 45 ) man receiveth wages of him whom he listeth to obey.; D&C 49: 6 they have done unto the Son of Man even as they listed.; D&C 98: 21 Lord, will chasten them and will do whatsoever I list.

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Listening

(see Communication ; Learning ; Understanding )

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Literal

D&C 68: 15 (D&C 107: 16-17, 40, 69-76 ) except they be literal descendants of Aaron.; Abr. 2: 11 this right shall continue . . . in thy seed . . . (that is to say, the literal seed).; A of F 10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel.

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Literature

(see Education ; Learning ; Scriptures, Study of ; Scriptures, Value of ; Scriptures, Writing of ; Study )

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Little

(see also Light [adjective] ; Small )

Ex. 16: 18 (2 Cor. 8: 15 ) he that gathered little had no lack.; Ps. 37: 10 yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be.; Prov. 6: 10 (Prov. 24: 33 ) a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding.; Prov. 15: 16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord.; Prov. 16: 8 Better is a little with righteousness.; Isa. 11: 6 (2 Ne. 21: 6 ; 2 Ne. 30: 12 ) a little child shall lead them.; Isa. 28: 10 (2 Ne. 28: 30 ; D&C 128: 21 ) line upon line, here a little, and there a little.; Isa. 60: 22 A little one shall become a thousand.; Micah 5: 2 thou be little among the thousands of Judah.; Matt. 6: 30 (Matt. 8: 26 ; Matt. 16: 8 ; Luke 12: 28 ) O ye of little faith.; Matt. 18: 6 (Mark 9: 42 ; Luke 17: 2 ) offend one of these little ones.; Luke 7: 47 to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.; Luke 19: 17 thou hast been faithful in a very little.; John 12: 35 Yet a little while is the light with you.; 1 Tim. 4: 8 bodily exercise profiteth little.; James 3: 5 tongue is a little member, and boasteth.; Rev. 10: 2 he had in his hand a little book.; Mosiah 3: 18 except they . . . become as little children.; Mosiah 15: 25 little children also have eternal life.; Mosiah 18: 27 of him that had but little, but little should be required.; 3 Ne. 9: 22 (3 Ne. 11: 37 ) repenteth and cometh unto me as a little child.; 3 Ne. 13: 30 clothe you, if ye are not of little faith.; 3 Ne. 17: 24 angels descending . . . and encircled those little ones.; Moro. 8: 5 disputations among you concerning the baptism of your little children.; D&C 29: 22 will I spare the earth but for a little season.; D&C 29: 46 little children are redeemed from the foundation of the world.; D&C 29: 47 power is not given unto Satan to tempt little children.; D&C 74: 6 tradition might be done away, which saith that little children are unholy.; D&C 84: 119 a little while and ye shall see it.; D&C 88: 111 he shall be loosed for a little season.; D&C 121: 39 men . . . get a little authority . . . exercise unrighteous dominion.

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Live [verb]

(see also Abide ; Dwell ; Inhabit )

Gen. 3: 22 (Moses 4: 28 ) tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.; Ex. 33: 20 there shall no man see me, and live.; Lev. 18: 5 (Rom. 10: 5 ; Gal. 3: 12 ) keep my statutes . . . which if a man do, he shall live in them.; Num. 21: 9 when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.; Deut. 5: 24 God doth talk with man, and he liveth.; Deut. 8: 3 (Matt. 4: 4 ; Luke 4: 4 ) man doth not live by bread.; Job 14: 14 If a man die, shall he live again.; Job 19: 25 I know that my redeemer liveth.; Ps. 49: 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.; Ps. 89: 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death.; Ps. 104: 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live.; Prov. 9: 6 Forsake the foolish, and live.; Eccl. 9: 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest.; Isa. 26: 19 Thy dead men shall live.; Isa. 55: 3 come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live.; Ezek. 37: 3 said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live.; Hosea 6: 2 we shall live in his sight.; Amos 5: 4 Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.; Amos 5: 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live.; Hab. 2: 4 (Rom. 1: 17 ; Gal. 3: 11 ; Heb. 10: 38 ) the just shall live by his faith.; Matt. 9: 18 (Mark 5: 23 ) lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.; Luke 10: 28 this do, and thou shalt live.; Luke 20: 38 God . . . of the living: for all live unto him.; John 4: 50 Go thy way: thy son liveth.; John 5: 25 voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.; John 6: 51 man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever.; John 11: 25 though he were dead, yet shall he live.; John 14: 19 because I live, ye shall live also.; Acts 17: 28 in him we live, and move, and have our being.; Rom. 8: 13 mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.; Rom. 12: 18 live peaceably with all men.; Rom. 14: 7 none of us liveth to himself.; 1 Cor. 9: 14 preach the gospel should live of the gospel.; 2 Cor. 5: 15 should not henceforth live unto themselves.; Gal. 2: 20 I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.; Gal. 5: 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.; Eph. 6: 3 thou mayest live long on the earth.; 1 Thes. 5: 10 we should live together with him.; 2 Tim. 2: 11 dead with him, we shall also live with him.; 2 Tim. 3: 12 all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.; Titus 2: 12 we should live soberly, righteously.; Heb. 7: 25 he ever liveth to make intercession.; James 4: 15 If the Lord will, we shall live.; 1 Pet. 2: 24 dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.; 1 Pet. 4: 6 live according to God in the spirit.; 1 Jn. 4: 9 sent his . . . Son . . . that we might live.; Rev. 1: 18 am he that liveth, and was dead.; Rev. 20: 4 they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.; Mosiah 4: 13 but to live peaceably.; Mosiah 27: 31 shall they confess, who live without God.; Alma 33: 19 type was raised up . . . whosoever would look upon it might live.; Alma 37: 47 look to God and live.; Alma 42: 5 if Adam had . . . partaken of the tree of life, he would have lived forever.; Hel. 8: 15 look upon the Son of God with faith . . . might live.; 3 Ne. 15: 9 endure to the end, and ye shall live.; 3 Ne. 28: 2 after we have lived unto the age of man . . . speedily come unto thee in thy kingdom.; D&C 42: 44 if they live they shall live unto me.; D&C 42: 45 Thou shalt live together in love.; D&C 45: 1 by whom all things were made which live.; D&C 45: 46 your souls shall live.; D&C 63: 50 he that liveth when the Lord shall come.; D&C 76: 22 testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives.; D&C 84: 44 (D&C 98: 11 ) you shall live by every word that proceedeth forth.; D&C 110: 4 I am he who liveth.

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Lively

Acts 7: 38 received the lively oracles.; 1 Pet. 1: 3 unto a lively hope by the resurrection.; 1 Pet. 2: 5 as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house.; Mosiah 2: 38 a lively sense of his own guilt.; D&C 92: 2 you shall be a lively member in this order.

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Lives [noun]

(see Life )

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Living

(see also Alive ; Quick )

Gen. 1: 21 (Moses 2: 21 ; Abr. 4: 21 ) God created . . . every living creature that moveth.; Gen. 2: 7 (Moses 3: 7 ; Abr. 5: 7 ) breath of life, and man became a living soul.; Gen. 2: 19 (Moses 3: 19 ; Abr. 5: 20 ) whatsoever Adam called every living creature.; Gen. 7: 23 every living substance was destroyed.; Josh. 3: 10 shall know that the living God is among you.; 1 Sam. 17: 26 he should defy the armies of the living God.; Job 12: 10 whose hand is the soul of every living thing.; Ps. 69: 28 be blotted out of the book of the living.; Eccl. 9: 5 living know that they shall die.; Isa. 53: 8 (Mosiah 14: 8 ) he was cut off out of the land of the living.; Jer. 10: 10 (Dan. 6: 26 ) he is the living God.; Ezek. 1: 5 came the likeness of four living creatures.; Hosea 1: 10 Ye are the sons of the living God.; Matt. 16: 16 Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.; Matt. 22: 32 (Mark 12: 27 ; Luke 20: 38 ) the God . . . of the living.; Matt. 26: 63 I adjure thee by the living God.; Luke 15: 13 wasted his substance with riotous living.; Luke 24: 5 Why seek ye the living among the dead.; John 6: 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven.; John 6: 57 the living Father hath sent me.; Acts 14: 15 turn from these vanities unto the living God.; Rom. 12: 1 ye present your bodies a living sacrifice.; Rom. 14: 9 he might be Lord both of the dead and living.; 1 Cor. 15: 45 first man Adam was made a living soul.; Col. 2: 20 why, although living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances.; 1 Thes. 1: 9 turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.; 1 Tim. 3: 15 the church of the living God.; Heb. 10: 20 new and living way, which he hath consecrated.; 1 Pet. 2: 4 as unto a living stone.; 2 Ne. 9: 21 he suffereth . . . the pains of every living creature.; 2 Ne. 31: 16 following the example of the Son of the living God.; Alma 5: 13 put their trust in the true and living God.; Alma 7: 6 worship the true and living God.; 3 Ne. 30: 1 (Morm. 5: 14 ; D&C 14: 9 ) hear the words of . . . the Son of the living God.; Morm. 9: 28 ye will serve the true and living God.; D&C 20: 19 the only living and true God.; D&C 50: 1 give ear to the voice of the living God.; D&C 70: 10 none are exempt . . . who belong to the church of the living God.; D&C 76: 66 These are they who are come . . . unto the city of the living God.; D&C 77: 9 he to whom is given the seal of the living God.; D&C 88: 108 first angel again sound his trump in the ears of all living.

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Living Water

Isa. 12: 3 (2 Ne. 22: 3 ) with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.; Isa. 55: 1 (2 Ne. 9: 50 ) every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.; Jer. 2: 13 they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters.; Zech. 14: 8 it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out.; John 4: 10 asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.; John 7: 37 any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.; Rev. 7: 17 lead them unto living fountains of waters.; Rev. 21: 6 I will give unto him . . . of the water of life freely.; 1 Ne. 11: 25 fountain of living waters, or . . . the love of God.; D&C 10: 66 partake of the waters of life freely.; D&C 63: 23 same shall be in him a well of living water.; D&C 133: 29 shall come forth pools of living water.

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Loaf, Loaves

Matt. 14: 17 (Mark 6: 38 ; Luke 9: 13 ; John 6: 9 ) five loaves, and two fishes.; Matt. 15: 34 (Mark 8: 5 ) How many loaves have ye? . . . Seven.; Mark 6: 52 they considered not the miracle of the loaves.; Luke 11: 5 midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves.; John 6: 26 because ye did eat of the loaves.

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Loathe

(see also Abhor ; Despise ; Hate ; Loathsome ; Scorn )

Num. 21: 5 our soul loatheth this light bread.; Ezek. 6: 9 they shall lothe themselves for the evils.

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Loathsome

(see also Abominable ; Base ; Vile ; Wicked )

Prov. 13: 5 a wicked man is loathsome.; 1 Ne. 12: 23 dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people.; 2 Ne. 5: 22 cause that they shall be loathsome.

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Locust

Ex. 10: 4 to morrow will I bring the locusts.; Lev. 11: 22 them ye may eat, the locust after his kind.; Ps. 78: 46 He gave . . . their labour unto the locust.; Joel 1: 4 locust eaten, and that which the locust hath left.; Joel 2: 25 I will restore . . . the years that the locust hath eaten.; Matt. 3: 4 (Mark 1: 6 ) his meat was locusts and wild honey.; Rev. 9: 3 came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth.

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Lodge

(see also Abide ; Dwell )

Ruth 1: 16 where thou lodgest, I will lodge.; Isa. 1: 8 as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers.; Matt. 13: 32 (Mark 4: 32 ; Luke 13: 19 ) birds of the air . . . lodge in the branches.

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Loftiness

Isa. 2: 17 (2 Ne. 12: 17 ) loftiness of man shall be bowed down.; Jacob 5: 48 servant said . . . Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard.

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Loins

Isa. 11: 5 righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins.; Luke 12: 35 your loins be girded about.; Eph. 6: 14 (D&C 27: 16 ) having your loins girt about with truth.; 1 Pet. 1: 13 gird up the loins of your mind.; 2 Ne. 3: 4 thou art the fruit of my loins.; Moses 8: 3 from his loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth.; Abr. 1: 21 king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins of Ham.

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Loneliness

(see Brotherhood and Sisterhood ; Fellowshipping ; Holy Ghost, Mission of )

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Long [adjective, adverb]

Ex. 20: 12 (1 Ne. 17: 55 ) that thy days may be long upon the land.; Matt. 23: 14 (Mark 12: 40 ; Luke 20: 47 ) make long prayer.; Mark 12: 38 (Luke 20: 46 ) love to go in long clothing.; John 14: 9 Have I been so long time with you.; 1 Cor. 13: 4 (Moro. 7: 45 ) Charity suffereth long.; 2 Ne. 25: 21 Joseph . . . seed should never perish as long as the earth shall stand.; Jacob 5: 20 this long time have I nourished it.; D&C 45: 17 long absence of your spirits from your bodies.; D&C 121: 2 How long shall thy hand be stayed.

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Long-suffering

(see also Patience )

Ex. 34: 6 Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering.; Rom. 9: 22 endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath.; 1 Cor. 13: 4 (Moro. 7: 4 ) charity suffereth long.; 2 Cor. 6: 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering.; Gal. 5: 22 fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering.; Eph. 4: 2 with longsuffering, forbearing one another.; Col. 3: 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God . . . meekness, longsuffering.; 1 Tim. 1: 16 in me . . . Christ might shew forth all longsuffering.; 2 Tim. 4: 2 exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.; 1 Pet. 3: 20 longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah.; 2 Pet. 3: 9 Lord . . . is longsuffering to us-word.; 2 Pet. 3: 15 longsuffering of our Lord is salvation.; Mosiah 4: 6 come to a knowledge of the goodness of God . . . and his long-suffering.; Alma 7: 23 (Alma 13: 28 ) ye should be . . . long-suffering.; Moro. 9: 25 may his . . . long-suffering. . . . rest in your mind forever.; D&C 107: 30 decisions . . . to be made in . . . long suffering.; D&C 118: 3 do this in all lowliness . . . and long-suffering.; D&C 121: 41 No power or influence . . . maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering.

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Look

(see also Behold ; See )

Gen. 19: 17 look not behind thee.; Ex. 3: 6 Moses . . . was afraid to look upon God.; Num. 21: 8 fiery serpent . . . when he looketh upon it, shall live.; Deut. 26: 15 Look down from thy holy habitation.; 1 Sam. 6: 19 smote . . . because they had looked into the ark.; 1 Sam. 16: 7 (2 Cor. 10: 7 ) man looketh on the outward appearance.; Ps. 14: 2 (Ps. 53: 2 ) Lord looked down from heaven.; Ps. 84: 9 look upon the face of thine anointed.; Prov. 6: 17 proud look, a lying tongue.; Isa. 5: 7 (2 Ne. 15: 7 ) he looked for judgment.; Isa. 42: 18 look, ye blind, that ye may see.; Isa. 45: 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved.; Isa. 51: 1 look unto the rock whence ye are hewn.; Hab. 1: 13 canst not look on iniquity.; Zech. 12: 10 (John 19: 37 ) they shall look upon me whom they have pierced.; Matt. 5: 28 (3 Ne. 12: 28 ; D&C 42: 23 ; D&C 63: 16 ) whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her.; Matt. 14: 19 (Mark 6: 41 ; Luke 9: 16 ) looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake.; Matt. 24: 50 (Luke 12: 46 ; JS-M 1: 53 ) in a day when he looketh not for him.; Luke 9: 38 Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son.; Luke 9: 62 hand to the plough, and looking back.; Luke 10: 32 a Levite . . . came and looked on him, and passed by.; John 4: 35 look on the fields . . . already to harvest.; Acts 7: 55 But he . . . looked up stedfastly into heaven.; Titus 2: 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing.; Heb. 9: 28 unto them that look for him shall he appear.; Heb. 11: 10 he looked for a city which hath foundations.; Heb. 12: 2 Looking unto Jesus.; 2 Pet. 3: 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God.; 2 Pet. 3: 13 look for new heavens and a new earth.; 2 Jn. 1: 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things.; Jude 1: 21 looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.; 1 Ne. 17: 41 be healed, and the labor which they had to perform was to look.; 2 Ne. 2: 28 look to the great Mediator.; 2 Ne. 26: 8 righteous that . . . look forward unto Christ . . . for the signs . . . shall not perish.; Jacob 4: 14 which blindness came by looking beyond the mark.; Jarom 1: 11 prophets . . . persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah.; Mosiah 8: 13 he has wherewith that he can look, and translate.; Alma 5: 15 Do you look forward . . . to stand before God.; Alma 13: 12 (Alma 45: 16 ; D&C 1: 31 ) they . . . could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence.; Alma 33: 19 type was raised up . . . whosoever would look upon it might live.; Alma 37: 47 look to God and live.; Hel. 5: 37 power given unto them that they did turn and look.; Hel. 8: 15 should look upon that serpent should live, even so as many as should look upon the Son of God.; D&C 6: 36 Look unto me in every thought.; D&C 35: 15 looking forth for the time of my coming.; D&C 39: 23 looking forth for the signs of my coming.; D&C 49: 23 looking forth for the heavens to be shaken.; D&C 63: 16 looketh on a woman to lust . . . shall not have the Spirit.; D&C 133: 15 not look back lest sudden destruction shall come.; Moses 1: 13 Moses looked upon Satan.; Moses 1: 14 I could not look upon God, except his glory should come upon me.

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Loose

Josh. 5: 15 Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot.; Ps. 146: 7 Lord looseth the prisoners.; Dan. 3: 25 I see four men loose, walking in the midst.; Matt. 16: 19 (Matt. 18: 18 ; Hel. 10: 7 ; D&C 124: 93 ; D&C 127: 7 ; D&C 128: 8, 10 ) shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.; Rev. 5: 2 worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals.; Rev. 20: 3 (D&C 88: 111 ) after that he must be loosed a little season.; D&C 43: 31 when he is loosed again he shall only reign for a little.; D&C 88: 110 Satan . . . shall not be loosed for . . . a thousand years.

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Lord of Hosts

1 Sam. 17: 45 I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts.; 2 Sam. 7: 26 (1 Chr. 17: 24 ) LORD of hosts is the God over Israel.; Ps. 24: 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts.; Isa. 2: 12 (2 Ne. 12: 12 ) day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud.; Isa. 6: 3 (2 Ne. 16: 3 ) holy, is the LORD of hosts.; Isa. 47: 4 redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name.; Zech. 8: 22 shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem.; 1 Ne. 20: 2 God of Israel, who is the Lord of Hosts.; 2 Ne. 26: 4 day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts.; Jacob 2: 30 if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me.; 3 Ne. 22: 5 thy maker, thy husband, the Lord of Hosts.; D&C 1: 33 (D&C 29: 9 ; D&C 56: 10 ; D&C 85: 5 ; D&C 127: 4 ) my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts.

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lord

(see also Lord ; Master )

Gen. 18: 12 shall I have pleasure, my lord being old.; Gen. 45: 9 God hath made me lord of all Egypt.; 2 Kgs. 7: 2 a lord . . . answered the man of God.; Matt. 10: 24 (John 13: 16 ; John 15: 20 ) nor the servant above his lord.; Matt. 25: 21 (Matt. 25: 23 ) lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant.; Luke 12: 36 like unto men that wait for their lord.; John 15: 15 servant knoweth not what his lord doeth.; 1 Cor. 8: 5 as there be gods many, and lords many.; Gal. 4: 1 though he be lord of all.; 1 Pet. 3: 6 Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord.; 1 Pet. 5: 3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage.

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Lord

(see also God ; Jesus Christ, Jehovah ; Jesus Christ, Lord ; Jesus Christ, Messiah ; Jesus Christ, Savior ; lord ; Lord of Hosts ; Master ; Name of the Lord ; BD Lord )

Gen. 18: 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD.; Gen. 28: 16 the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not.; Ex. 3: 18 LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us.; Ex. 6: 7 ye shall know that I am the LORD.; Ex. 8: 10 there is none like unto the LORD.; Ex. 9: 29 the earth is the LORD’S.; Ex. 15: 11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods.; Ex. 18: 11 I know that the LORD is greater than all gods.; Ex. 32: 26 Who is on the LORD’S side.; Ex. 33: 11 LORD spake unto Moses face to face.; Lev. 19: 2 I the LORD your God am holy.; Num. 6: 24 LORD bless thee, and keep thee.; Deut. 4: 35 know that the LORD he is God.; Deut. 6: 4 (Mark 12: 29 ) O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.; Deut. 6: 5 (Matt. 22: 37 ; Mark 12: 30 ) thou shalt love the LORD thy God.; Deut. 10: 17 LORD your God is God of gods.; Deut. 33: 2 LORD came from Sinai . . . with ten thousands of saints.; Josh. 13: 33 LORD God of Israel was their inheritance.; Josh. 24: 15 as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.; Judg. 2: 12 they forsook the LORD God of their fathers.; 1 Sam. 2: 3 LORD is a God of knowledge.; 1 Sam. 3: 18 LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.; 1 Sam. 24: 10 he is the LORD’S anointed.; 2 Sam. 22: 2 (Ps. 18: 2 ) LORD is my rock, and my fortress.; 2 Sam. 22: 32 (Ps. 18: 31 ) who is God, save the LORD.; 1 Kgs. 18: 21 if the LORD be God, follow him.; 1 Kgs. 19: 11 LORD passed by . . . LORD was not in the wind.; 1 Chr. 16: 29 (Ps. 96: 8 ) Give unto the LORD the glory.; Ps. 8: 1 (Ps. 8: 9 ) O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name.; Ps. 10: 16 LORD is King for ever and ever.; Ps. 16: 8 (Acts 2: 25 ) I have set the LORD always before me.; Ps. 23: 1 LORD is my shepherd.; Ps. 24: 8 LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.; Ps. 33: 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.; Ps. 34: 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good.; Ps. 96: 13 LORD . . . cometh to judge the earth.; Ps. 103: 8 LORD is merciful and gracious.; Ps. 110: 1 (Matt. 22: 44 ; Mark 12: 36 ; Luke 20: 42 ; Acts 2: 34 ) LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand.; Ps. 113: 4 LORD is high above all nations.; Ps. 118: 23 (Matt. 21: 42 ; Mark 12: 11 ) This is the LORD’S doing.; Ps. 127: 1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain.; Isa. 6: 1 (2 Ne. 16: 1 ) I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne.; Isa. 12: 2 (2 Ne. 22: 2 ) LORD Jehovah is my strength.; Isa. 26: 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever.; Isa. 42: 8 I am the LORD: that is my name.; Isa. 43: 11 I, am the LORD, and beside me there is no saviour.; Isa. 44: 5 One shall say, I am the LORD’S.; Isa. 60: 16 I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer.; Jer. 10: 10 LORD is the true God, he is the living God.; Jer. 23: 6 he shall be called, The LORD Our Righteousness.; Jer. 31: 34 (Heb. 8: 11 ) Know the LORD: for they shall all know me.; Dan. 2: 47 your God is . . . a Lord of kings.; Micah 1: 3 LORD cometh forth out of his place.; Nahum 1: 3 LORD is slow to anger, and great in power.; Matt. 4: 10 (Luke 4: 8 ) Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God.; Matt. 7: 21 (3 Ne. 14: 21 ) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord.; Matt. 9: 38 (Luke 10: 2 ) pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest.; Matt. 11: 25 (Luke 10: 21 ) Father, Lord of heaven and earth.; Matt. 12: 8 (Mark 2: 28 ; Luke 6: 5 ) Lord even of the sabbath day.; Matt. 24: 42 (JS-M 1: 46 ) ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.; Matt. 28: 6 see the place where the Lord lay.; Mark 5: 19 how great things the Lord hath done for thee.; Mark 16: 20 Lord working with them, and confirming the word.; Luke 1: 46 Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord.; Luke 2: 11 a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.; Luke 6: 46 why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not.; Luke 24: 34 Lord is risen . . . and hath appeared to Simon.; John 6: 68 Lord, to whom shall we go.; John 13: 13 Ye call me Master and Lord.; John 20: 2 taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre.; John 20: 28 Thomas and said unto him, My Lord and my God.; Acts 2: 36 whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.; Acts 2: 47 Lord added to the church daily.; Acts 9: 5 (Acts 22: 8 ; Acts 26: 15 ) Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said.; Acts 17: 24 Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.; Acts 17: 27 seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him.; Rom. 10: 12 same Lord over all is rich unto all.; Rom. 13: 14 put ye on the Lord.; Rom. 14: 9 he might be Lord both of the dead and living.; 1 Cor. 8: 6 there is . . . one Lord Jesus Christ.; 1 Cor. 11: 20 this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.; 1 Cor. 12: 3 no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.; 1 Cor. 15: 47 second man is the Lord from heaven.; Eph. 4: 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism.; Philip. 2: 11 should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.; Col. 3: 17 do all in the name of the Lord.; 1 Thes. 3: 13 (2 Ne. 1: 7 ) coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.; 1 Thes. 4: 16 Lord himself shall descend from heaven.; 2 Thes. 3: 3 Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you.; 2 Tim. 2: 19 Lord knoweth them that are his.; 2 Tim. 4: 8 Lord, the righteous judge.; Heb. 13: 6 boldly say, The Lord is my helper.; James 4: 15 If the Lord will, we shall live.; 1 Pet. 2: 3 ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.; 2 Pet. 1: 8 unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.; 2 Pet. 2: 1 (Jude 1: 4 ) heresies, even denying the Lord.; 2 Pet. 3: 9 Lord is not slack concerning his promise.; Jude 1: 14 Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.; Rev. 4: 8 Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.; Rev. 17: 14 (Rev. 19: 16 ) he is Lord of lords.; 1 Ne. 3: 7 I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded.; 1 Ne. 7: 12 forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things.; 1 Ne. 10: 3 (1 Ne. 14: 26 ; D&C 68: 14 ) own due time of the Lord, they should return.; 1 Ne. 10: 19 course of the Lord is one eternal round.; 1 Ne. 15: 8 Have ye inquired of the Lord.; 1 Ne. 17: 30 led, the Lord their God, their Redeemer, going before.; 2 Ne. 6: 9 Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, should manifest himself unto them in the flesh.; 2 Ne. 30: 9 with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor.; 2 Ne. 33: 4 Lord God will consecrate my prayers.; Jacob 5: 75 (Jacob 5: 8-75 ; D&C 103: 21 ) Lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good.; Mosiah 3: 12 repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus.; Mosiah 3: 17 (Mosiah 3: 5 ) salvation . . . through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.; Alma 1: 4 Lord had created all men, and had also redeemed.; Alma 13: 1 Lord God ordained priests, after his holy order.; Alma 29: 11 Lord God, the God of Abraham . . . did deliver them out of bondage.; Alma 42: 2 Lord God sent our first parents forth from the garden of Eden.; Alma 42: 3 Lord God placed cherubim and the flaming sword.; Hel. 13: 6 nothing can save this people save it be repentance and faith on the Lord.; 3 Ne. 1: 12 voice of the Lord came unto him.; 3 Ne. 11: 13 Lord spake unto them.; Morm. 3: 14 voice of the Lord came unto me.; Ether 3: 6 Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones.; D&C 10: 70 life and light of the world, your Redeemer, your Lord.; D&C 15: 1 listen to the words of Jesus Christ, your Lord.; D&C 17: 9 (D&C 95: 17 ) I, Jesus Christ, your Lord . . . have spoken it unto you.; D&C 19: 1 I am . . . Christ the Lord.; D&C 20: 1 one thousand eight hundred and thirty years since the coming of our Lord.; D&C 34: 12 I come quickly, I am your Lord.; D&C 35: 1 Listen to the voice of the Lord.; D&C 53: 2 I, the Lord, who was crucified for the sins of the world.; D&C 55: 1 thus saith . . . the Lord of the whole earth.; D&C 101: 38 seek the face of the Lord always.; D&C 109: 1 Lord God of Israel, who keepest covenant.; D&C 110: 2 We saw the Lord standing upon the breastwork.; D&C 133: 25 Lord . . . shall stand in the midst of his people.; D&C 133: 48 Lord shall be red in his apparel.; Abr. 3: 11 Abraham, talked with the Lord, face to face.; JS-H 1: 38 coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.; A of F 4 first principles . . . first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Lord, Spirit of

(see also God, Spirit of ; Holy Ghost ; Jesus Christ, Spirit of ; Light of Christ )

Judg. 3: 10 Spirit of the LORD came upon him.; Judg. 13: 25 Spirit of the LORD began to move him.; 1 Sam. 16: 13 Spirit of the LORD came upon David.; 2 Sam. 23: 2 Spirit of the LORD spake by me.; Isa. 11: 2 the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him.; Isa. 40: 13 (Isa. 40: 7 ) Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD.; Isa. 59: 19 Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard.; Isa. 61: 1 (Luke 4: 18 ) The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me.; Isa. 63: 14 Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest.; Ezek. 11: 5 Spirit of the LORD fell upon me.; Ezek. 37: 1 carried me out in the spirit of the LORD.; Micah 3: 8 full of power by the spirit of the LORD.; Acts 5: 9 agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord.; Acts 8: 39 Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip.; 2 Cor. 3: 17 where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.; 1 Ne. 7: 14 Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to strive.; 1 Ne. 11: 1 I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord.; 1 Ne. 20: 16 Lord God, and his Spirit hath sent me.; Jacob 7: 8 Lord God poured in his Spirit into my soul.; Mosiah 18: 13 may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you.; Mosiah 25: 24 (Alma 19: 36 ; Hel. 6: 36 ) Lord did pour out his Spirit upon them.; Alma 17: 10 Lord did visit them with his Spirit.; Alma 40: 13 they have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the Lord.; Morm. 5: 16 (Ether 15: 19 ) Spirit of the Lord hath already ceased to strive.; D&C 64: 16 I, the Lord, withheld my Spirit.

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Lord’s Day

(see Sabbath ; BD Lord’s Day )

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Lord’s Prayer

(see BD Lord’s Prayer )

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Lord’s Supper

(see Sacrament )

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Lose, Lost

Ps. 119: 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep.; Jer. 50: 6 My people hath been lost sheep.; Ezek. 34: 16 I will seek that which was lost.; Matt. 5: 13 (Mark 9: 50 ; Luke 14: 34 ; 3 Ne. 12: 13 ; D&C 101: 40 ; D&C 103: 10 ) salt have lost his savour.; Matt. 10: 6 (Matt. 15: 24 ) to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.; Matt. 10: 39 (Matt. 16: 25 ; Mark 8: 35 ; Luke 9: 24 ; Luke 17: 33 ) findeth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.; Matt. 16: 26 (Mark 8: 36 ; Luke 9: 25 ) gain the whole world, and lose his own soul.; Matt. 18: 11 (Luke 19: 10 ) come to save that which was lost.; Luke 15: 4 hundred sheep, if he lose one of them.; Luke 15: 8 ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece.; Luke 15: 24 (Luke 15: 32 ) he was lost, and is found.; John 6: 39 all which he hath given me I should lose nothing.; John 17: 12 none of them is lost, but the son of perdition.; John 18: 9 of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.; 2 Cor. 4: 3 our gospel . . . hid to them that are lost.; 1 Ne. 8: 23 they wandered off and were lost.; 1 Ne. 10: 6 all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state.; 2 Ne. 29: 13 shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel.; Jacob 2: 35 Ye have . . . lost the confidence of your children.; Mosiah 20: 22 better that we should be in bondage than . . . lose our lives.; Alma 16: 8 not one soul of them had been lost.; 3 Ne. 17: 4 go . . . to show myself unto the lost tribes of Israel.; 3 Ne. 21: 26 work of the Father commence among . . . tribes which have been lost.; D&C 58: 28 (D&C 84: 90 ; D&C 127: 4 ) inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward.; Moses 4: 1 redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost.

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Lost Scriptures

(see Scriptures, Lost ; BD Lost Books )

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Lost Tribes of Israel

(see Israel, Ten Lost Tribes of )

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Lot

(see also Portion ; BD Lot ; BD Lots, Casting of )

Lev. 16: 8 Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats.; Num. 26: 55 land shall be divided by lot.; Ps. 22: 18 (Matt. 27: 35 ; Mark 15: 24 ; Luke 23: 34 ; John 19: 24 ) cast lots upon my vesture.; Prov. 18: 18 lot causeth contentions to cease.; Dan. 12: 13 stand in thy lot at the end of the days.; Joel 3: 3 cast lots for my people.; Jonah 1: 7 cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.; Luke 1: 9 his lot was to burn incense.; Acts 1: 26 gave forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias.; 1 Ne. 3: 11 we cast lots - who of us should go.; D&C 85: 7 arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints.; D&C 102: 34 proceeded to cast lots or ballot, to ascertain who should speak first.

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Love

(see also Affection ; Benevolence ; Brotherhood and Sisterhood ; Charity ; Family, Love within ; Fellowshipping ; Friendship ; God, Love of ; Grace ; Kindness ; Marriage, Continuing Courtship in ; Neighbor )

Gen. 22: 2 thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest.; Gen. 25: 28 Isaac loved Esau.; Gen. 29: 20 seven years . . . seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had.; Gen. 29: 30 he loved also Rachel more than Leah.; Gen. 37: 3 Israel loved Joseph more than all his children.; Ex. 20: 6 (Deut. 5: 10 ) shewing unto thousands of them that love me.; Lev. 19: 18 (Matt. 5: 43 ; Matt. 19: 19 ; Matt. 22: 39 ; Mark 12: 31 ; Luke 10: 27 ; Rom. 13: 9 ; Gal. 5: 14 ; James 2: 8 ; Mosiah 23: 15 ; D&C 59: 6 ) thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.; Lev. 19: 34 stranger that dwelleth with you . . . love him as thyself.; Deut. 6: 5 (Deut. 30: 6 ; Matt. 22: 37 ; D&C 59: 5 ) thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart.; Deut. 7: 8 because the Lord loved you . . . redeemed you out of the house of bondmen.; Deut. 10: 19 Love ye . . . the stranger.; Deut. 13: 3 proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord.; Deut. 30: 16 love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways.; 2 Sam. 1: 26 Jonathan . . . thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.; 1 Kgs. 11: 1 king Solomon loved many strange women.; Ps. 45: 7 (Heb. 1: 9 ) Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness.; Ps. 97: 10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil.; Ps. 116: 1 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice.; Prov. 3: 12 (Heb. 12: 6 ) whom the Lord loveth he correcteth.; Prov. 9: 8 rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.; Prov. 10: 12 love covereth all sins.; Prov. 15: 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is.; Prov. 17: 17 A friend loveth at all times.; Prov. 27: 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.; Eccl. 3: 8 time to love, and a time to hate.; Eccl. 9: 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest.; Isa. 63: 9 in his love and in his pity he redeemed them.; Jer. 31: 3 I have loved thee with an everlasting love.; Ezek. 16: 8 thy time was the time of love.; Hosea 11: 4 I drew them . . . with bands of love.; Hosea 14: 4 I will love them freely.; Amos 5: 15 love the good.; Micah 6: 8 to do justly, and to love mercy.; Mal. 1: 2 I have loved you, saith the Lord.; Matt. 5: 44 (Luke 6: 27, 35 ; 3 Ne. 12: 44 ) Love your enemies.; Matt. 5: 46 if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye.; Matt. 6: 24 (Luke 16: 13 ) serve two masters . . . he will hate the one, and love the other.; Matt. 10: 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me.; Matt. 24: 12 (JS-M 1: 30 ) love of many shall wax cold.; Luke 7: 42 which of them will love him most.; Luke 11: 42 ye tithe mint . . . and pass over . . . the love of God.; John 3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.; John 3: 19 (D&C 29: 45 ) men loved darkness rather than light.; John 3: 35 Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things.; John 5: 20 Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things.; John 5: 42 ye have not the love of God in you.; John 8: 42 If God were your Father, ye would love me.; John 10: 17 my Father love me, because I lay down my life.; John 12: 25 he that loveth his life shall lose it.; John 13: 1 having loved his own . . . he loved them unto the end.; John 13: 34 (John 15: 12, 17 ; 2 Jn. 1: 5 ; D&C 88: 123 ; Moses 7: 33 ) new commandment . . . That ye love one another.; John 13: 35 ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.; John 14: 15 (D&C 42: 29 ) If ye love me, keep my commandments.; John 15: 10 keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love.; John 15: 13 Greater love hath no man than this.; John 15: 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own.; John 17: 23 hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.; John 17: 26 love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them.; John 21: 15 Peter . . . lovest thou me more than these.; Rom. 5: 5 love of God is shed abroad in our hearts.; Rom. 8: 28 work together for good to them that love God.; Rom. 8: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ.; Rom. 8: 39 be able to separate us from the love of God.; Rom. 9: 13 Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.; Rom. 12: 10 kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love.; Rom. 13: 8 love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.; Rom. 13: 10 Love worketh no ill . . . love is the fulfilling of the law.; 1 Cor. 2: 9 Eye hath not seen . . . the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.; 1 Cor. 8: 3 if any man love God, the same is known of him.; 1 Cor. 13: 13 (Moro. 7: 47 ) now abideth faith, hope, charity.; 2 Cor. 5: 14 love of Christ constraineth us.; 2 Cor. 6: 6 by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned.; 2 Cor. 8: 8 to prove the sincerity of your love.; 2 Cor. 9: 7 God loveth a cheerful giver.; Gal. 5: 6 faith which worketh by love.; Gal. 5: 13 by love serve one another.; Gal. 5: 14 the law is fulfilled in . . . this . . . love thy neighbour.; Gal. 5: 22 fruit of the Spirit is love.; Eph. 3: 17 ye, being rooted and grounded in love.; Eph. 3: 19 to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.; Eph. 5: 2 walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.; Eph. 5: 25 (Col. 3: 19 ) Husbands, love your wives.; Philip. 2: 2 ye be likeminded, having the same love.; Col. 2: 2 be comforted, being knit together in love.; 1 Thes. 1: 3 Remembering without ceasing your . . . labour of love.; 1 Thes. 3: 12 abound in love one toward another.; 1 Thes. 5: 8 putting on the breastplate of faith and love.; 2 Thes. 2: 16 Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation.; 2 Thes. 3: 5 direct your hearts into the love of God.; 1 Tim. 6: 10 love of money is the root of all evil.; 2 Tim. 4: 8 unto all them also that love his appearing.; Titus 2: 4 teach the young women . . . to love their husbands, to love their children.; Heb. 6: 10 labour of love . . . ye have ministered to the saints.; Heb. 13: 1 Let brotherly love continue.; James 1: 12 crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.; 1 Pet. 1: 22 love one another with a pure heart.; 1 Pet. 2: 17 Love the brotherhood.; 1 Jn. 2: 5 in him verily is the love of God perfected.; 1 Jn. 2: 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light.; 1 Jn. 2: 15 Love not the world.; 1 Jn. 3: 1 what manner of love the Father hath bestowed.; 1 Jn. 3: 14 we love the brethren.; 1 Jn. 3: 23 love one another, as he gave us commandment.; 1 Jn. 4: 7 love one another: for love is of God.; 1 Jn. 4: 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.; 1 Jn. 4: 16 God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God.; 1 Jn. 4: 18 (Moro. 8: 16 ) no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear.; 1 Jn. 4: 19 We love him, because he first loved us.; 1 Jn. 4: 21 he who loveth God love his brother.; 1 Jn. 5: 2 we love the children of God, when we love God.; 1 Jn. 5: 3 (2 Jn. 1: 6 ) this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.; Rev. 3: 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.; Rev. 12: 11 they loved not their lives unto the death.; 1 Ne. 11: 22 love of God, which sheddeth itself abroad.; 2 Ne. 1: 15 encircled about eternally in the arms of his love.; 2 Ne. 4: 21 He hath filled me with his love.; 2 Ne. 26: 30 all men should have charity, which charity is love.; 2 Ne. 31: 20 hope, and a love of God and of all men.; Jacob 3: 2 feast upon his love.; Mosiah 2: 4 be filled with love towards God and all men.; Mosiah 4: 15 teach them to love one another.; Alma 5: 26 if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love.; Alma 11: 24 thou lovest that lucre more than him.; Alma 13: 28 patient, full of love and all long-suffering.; Alma 38: 12 bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love.; 4 Ne. 1: 15 no contention in the land, because of the love of God.; Morm. 8: 37 ye do love money . . . more than ye love the poor.; Ether 12: 34 love which thou hast had for the children of men is charity.; Moro. 7: 47 charity is the pure love of Christ.; Moro. 7: 48 pray . . . that ye may be filled with this love.; Moro. 8: 17 charity, which is everlasting love.; Moro. 8: 26 perfect love, which love endureth by diligence.; Moro. 10: 32 love God with all your might, mind and strength.; D&C 4: 5 faith, hope, charity and love . . . qualify him.; D&C 12: 8 no one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full of love.; D&C 20: 19 they should love and serve him.; D&C 20: 31 sanctification . . . to all those who love and serve God.; D&C 34: 3 so loved the world that he gave his own life.; D&C 42: 22 love thy wife with all thy heart.; D&C 42: 45 Thou shalt live together in love.; D&C 76: 25 Only Begotten Son whom the Father loved.; D&C 76: 103 whosoever loves and makes a lie.; D&C 88: 40 virtue loveth virtue.; D&C 112: 11 let thy love be for them as for thyself.; D&C 121: 43 Reproving betimes with sharpness . . . showing forth afterwards an increase of love.; D&C 138: 3 wonderful love made manifest by the Father and the Son.

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Lovely

Philip. 4: 8 whatsoever things are lovely . . . think on these.; A of F 13 anything virtuous, lovely . . . we seek after these things.

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Lover

2 Tim. 3: 2 men shall be lovers of their own selves.; 2 Tim. 3: 4 lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.; Titus 1: 8 lover of hospitality, a lover of good men.

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Loving-kindness

(see also Kindness ; Mercy )

Ps. 51: 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness.; Isa. 63: 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.; Jer. 9: 24 I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness.; D&C 133: 52 they shall mention the loving kindness of their Lord.

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Low, Lower, Lowest

Deut. 28: 43 thou shalt come down very low.; 1 Sam. 2: 7 he bringeth low, and lifteth up.; 1 Kgs. 12: 31 made priests of the lowest of the people.; Ps. 8: 5 (Heb. 2: 7 ; Heb. 2: 9 ) made him a little lower than the angels.; Ps. 136: 23 remembered us in our low estate.; Isa. 2: 12 he shall be brought low.; Isa. 40: 4 every mountain and hill shall be made low.; Ezek. 21: 26 exalt him that is low.; Luke 1: 52 exalted them of low degree.; Rom. 12: 16 condescend to men of low estate.; Eph. 4: 9 descended first into the lower parts.; James 1: 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice.; James 1: 10 rich, in that he is made low.; 1 Ne. 18: 18 their grey hairs were about to be brought down to lie low.; 2 Ne. 26: 16 their speech shall be low out of the dust.; Hel. 14: 23 many mountains laid low.; D&C 49: 10 now exalted of itself shall be laid low of power.; D&C 58: 47 call upon the rich, the high and the low . . . to repent.; D&C 104: 16 poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low.; D&C 112: 8 by thy word many high ones shall be brought low.; D&C 130: 9 all kingdoms of a lower order, will be manifest.

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Lowliness

(see also Lowly )

Philip. 2: 3 in lowliness of mind let each esteem other.; 1 Ne. 2: 19 (Alma 32: 12 ; Moro. 8: 26 ; D&C 42: 74 ; D&C 107: 30 ) thou hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart.

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Lowly

(see also Humble )

Prov. 3: 34 he giveth grace unto the lowly.; Zech. 9: 9 thy king cometh . . . lowly, and riding upon an ass.; Matt. 11: 29 learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.; Alma 32: 8 I behold that ye are lowly in heart.; Alma 37: 33 (Moro. 7: 43 ; D&C 32: 1 ) teach them . . . to be meek and lowly in heart.

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Loyalty

(see also Faithfulness ; Obedience ; Steadfastness ; Trustworthiness )

Gen. 18: 19 they shall keep the way of the Lord.; Gen. 22: 12 thou hast not withheld thy son.; Josh. 24: 15 as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.; Judg. 2: 7 people served the Lord all the days of Joshua.; Ruth 1: 16 whither thou goest, I will go.; Matt. 6: 24 No man can serve two masters.; Matt. 10: 39 he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.; Rom. 1: 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.; 1 Ne. 3: 7 I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded.; Jacob 1: 8 that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God.; Mosiah 17: 9 I will not recall the words which I have spoken.; Alma 48: 13 he had sworn with an oath to defend his people.; D&C 134: 5 all men are bound to sustain . . . governments in which they reside.; Moses 5: 6 I know not, save the Lord commanded me.; JS-H 1: 25 I had seen a vision . . . and I could not deny it.

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Lucifer

(see also Devil ; Satan ; BD Lucifer )

Isa. 14: 12 (2 Ne. 24: 12 ) How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer.; D&C 76: 26 he was Lucifer, a son of the morning.

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Lucre

1 Sam. 8: 3 turned aside after lucre, and took bribes.; 1 Tim. 3: 3 (1 Tim. 3: 8 ; Titus 1: 7 ) not greedy of filthy lucre.; Titus 1: 11 ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.; 1 Pet. 5: 2 not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind.; Mosiah 29: 40 that lucre which doth corrupt the soul.; Alma 11: 24 thou lovest that lucre more than him.

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Luke

(see BD Luke ; BD Luke, Gospel of )

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Lukewarm

Rev. 3: 16 thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot.

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Lump

Rom. 9: 21 same lump to make one vessel unto honour.; Rom. 11: 16 firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy.; 1 Cor. 5: 6 (Gal. 5: 9 ) leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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Lust

(see also Adultery ; Carnal Mind ; Chastity ; Covetousness ; Desire ; Fornication ; Homosexuality ; Pleasure ; Sensuality ; Sexual Immorality )

Ps. 78: 18 tempted God . . . by asking meat for their lust.; Ps. 78: 30 They were not estranged from their lust.; Ps. 81: 12 I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust.; Ps. 106: 14 lusted exceedingly in the wilderness.; Prov. 6: 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart.; Matt. 5: 28 (3 Ne. 12: 28 ; D&C 42: 23 ; D&C 63: 13, 16 ) looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery.; Mark 4: 19 lusts of other things entering in, choke the word.; John 8: 44 lusts of your father ye will do.; Rom. 1: 27 burned in their lust one toward another: men with men.; Rom. 13: 14 flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.; 1 Cor. 10: 6 we should not lust after evil things.; Gal. 5: 16 ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.; Eph. 2: 3 we all had our conversation . . . in the lusts of our flesh.; Eph. 4: 22 corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.; 1 Thes. 4: 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence.; 1 Tim. 6: 9 foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men.; 2 Tim. 2: 22 Flee also youthful lusts.; 2 Tim. 3: 6 women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts.; 2 Tim. 4: 3 after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers.; Titus 2: 12 denying ungodliness and worldly lusts.; Titus 3: 3 deceived, serving divers lusts.; James 1: 14 drawn away of his own lust.; James 4: 1 whence come wars . . . come they not . . . of your lusts.; James 4: 3 ye may consume it upon your lusts.; 1 Pet. 1: 14 according to the former lusts in your ignorance.; 1 Pet. 2: 11 abstain from fleshly lusts.; 1 Pet. 4: 2 no longer should live . . . in the flesh to the lusts of men.; 2 Pet. 1: 4 corruption that is in the world through lust.; 2 Pet. 2: 10 walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness.; 2 Pet. 3: 3 scoffers, walking after their own lusts.; 1 Jn. 2: 16 lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes . . . is not of the Father.; Jude 1: 16 complainers, walking after their own lusts.; Rev. 18: 14 fruits that thy soul lusted after.; 1 Ne. 3: 25 Laban saw our property . . . did lust after it.; 1 Ne. 22: 23 those who seek the lusts of the flesh.; Jacob 3: 12 warning them against fornication and lasciviousness.; Alma 39: 9 go no more after the lusts of your eyes.; Alma 45: 12 fall into the works of darkness, and lasciviousness.; 4 Ne. 1: 16 nor murders, nor any manner cf lasciviousness.; Morm. 9: 28 ask not, that ye may consume it on your lusts.; D&C 3: 4 follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal desires.; D&C 42: 23 looketh upon a woman to lust after her.; D&C 88: 121 cease from all your . . . lustful desires.; D&C 101: 6 there were . . . lustful and covetous desires among them.

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Luxury

(see Treasure ; Worldliness )

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Lying, Liar, Lie

(see also Deceit ; False ; False Doctrine ; Flattery ; Fraud ; Gossip ; Honesty ; Hypocrisy ; Slander )

Lev. 6: 2 if a soul sin . . . and lie unto his neighbour.; Lev. 19: 11 ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie.; Num. 23: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie.; 1 Sam. 15: 29 Strength of Israel will not lie.; 1 Kgs. 22: 22 (2 Chr. 18: 21 ) lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.; Ps. 31: 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence.; Ps. 101: 7 he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.; Ps. 109: 2 mouth of the deceitful . . . spoken against me with a lying tongue.; Ps. 119: 163 I hate and abhor lying.; Prov. 6: 19 false witness that speaketh lies.; Prov. 12: 22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.; Prov. 13: 5 righteous man hateth lying.; Prov. 19: 5 he that speaketh lies shall not escape.; Prov. 19: 22 poor man is better than a liar.; Prov. 21: 6 getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity.; Prov. 26: 28 lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it.; Isa. 32: 7 wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words.; Isa. 63: 8 my people, children that will not lie.; Jer. 9: 5 have taught their tongue to speak lies.; Jer. 14: 14 prophets prophesy lies in my name.; Jer. 20: 6 thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.; Jer. 28: 15 thou makest this people to trust in a lie.; Jer. 29: 31 he caused you to trust in a lie.; Ezek. 13: 22 with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad.; Hosea 4: 2 By swearing, and lying . . . they break out.; Zeph. 3: 13 remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies.; Zech. 13: 3 thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord.; John 8: 44 When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own.; John 8: 55 say, I know him not, I shall be a liar.; Acts 5: 3 why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost.; Acts 5: 4 (Alma 12: 3 ) thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.; Rom. 1: 25 changed the truth of God into a lie.; Eph. 4: 25 putting away lying, speak every man truth.; Col. 3: 9 Lie not one to another.; 1 Tim. 4: 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy.; Titus 1: 2 eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised.; Titus 1: 12 Cretians are alway liars.; Heb. 6: 18 impossible for God to lie.; 1 Jn. 1: 10 say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar.; 1 Jn. 2: 4 saith, I know him and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar.; 1 Jn. 2: 21 no lie is of the truth.; 1 Jn. 2: 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ.; 1 Jn. 4: 20 say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar.; 1 Jn. 5: 10 he that believeth not God hath made him a liar.; Rev. 21: 8 all liars, shall have their part in the lake.; Rev. 22: 15 whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.; 2 Ne. 2: 18 devil, who is the father of all lies.; 2 Ne. 9: 9 to remain with the father of lies, in misery.; 2 Ne. 9: 34 Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell.; 2 Ne. 28: 8 lie a little, take the advantage of one.; Jacob 7: 19 unpardonable sin, for I have lied unto God.; Enos 1: 6 Enos, knew that God could not lie.; Alma 1: 17 they durst not lie . . . for liars were punished.; Alma 14: 6 blindness of the minds, which he had caused among the people by his lying word.; Alma 30: 42 thou art possessed with a lying spirit.; Ether 3: 12 art a God of truth, and canst not lie.; Ether 8: 25 devil . . . that same liar who beguiled our first parents.; D&C 10: 25 Deceive and lie in wait to catch.; D&C 42: 21 he that lieth and will not repent shall be cast out.; D&C 42: 86 if he or she shall lie . . . delivered up unto the law of the land.; D&C 62: 6 I, the Lord, promise the faithful and cannot lie.; D&C 63: 17 whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.; D&C 64: 39 liars and hypocrites shall be proved.; D&C 76: 103 These are they who are liars, and sorcerers.; D&C 93: 25 that wicked one who was a liar from the beginning.; D&C 109: 30 that there may be an end to lyings.; D&C 123: 7 fathers, who have inherited lies.; Moses 4: 4 he became Satan . . . father of all lies.; Moses 5: 24 thou shalt be the father of his lies.