BOOK OF MORMON SCRIPTURE MASTERY PASSAGES
1 Nephi 3-5 Lehi's sons return to Jerusalem for the brass plates of Laban.
1 Nephi 3:7 I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.
1 Nephi 4:13 It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.
1 Nephi 7 Lehi's sons return to Jerusalem for Ishmael and his family.
1 Nephi 8 Lehi's vision of the tree of life
1 Nephi 10:19 He that diligently seeketh shall find and the mysteries of God shall be opened unto him.
1 Nephi 11-15 Nephi's vision of the tree of life and the future of the world.
1 Nephi 11:16-17 Knowest thou the condescension of God?
1 Nephi 13-14 Nephi's vision of the Great and Abominable Church
1 Nephi 13:12-13 The vision of Columbus and the Pilgrims.
1 Nephi 13:28-29 Plain and precious things taken away from the Bible
1 Nephi 13:37 How beautiful upon the mountains shall they be-those who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at the last day.
1 Nephi 13:40-41 Modern-day revelations to restore plain and precious things
1 Nephi 14:10 There are save two churches only-the church of the Lamb of God and the church of the devil.
1 Nephi 15:23-24 Laman and Lemuel's question to Nephi: What meaneth the rod of iron?
1 Nephi 15:34 Nephi's teaching that no unclean thing can enter the kingdom of God.
1 Nephi 16 Lehi and his family find the Liahona and depart the valley of Lemuel.
1 Nephi 17 Building the ship
1 Nephi 18 Voyage to the Promised Land
1 Nephi 19 Nephi commanded to make the large plates of Nephi and begin engraving upon them.
1 Nephi 19:23 I did liken all scriptures unto us.
1 Nephi 20-21 Isaiah 48-49
2 Nephi 1-4 Father Lehi counsels and blesses each of his sons.
2 Nephi 1:13-16 Father Lehi's counsel to his rebellious descendants: O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe. Awake! and arise from the dust, and hear the words of a trembling parent, whose limbs ye must soon lay down in the cold and silent grave, from whence no traveler can return; a few more days and I go the way of all the earth. But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love. And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety of my soul from the beginning.
2 Nephi 2 Lehi's counsel to his son Jacob includes teachings on the atonement.
2 Nephi 2:6-8 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth. Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered. Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.
2 Nephi 2:11 There is an opposition in all things.
2 Nephi 2:14 Things to act and things to be acted upon.
2 Nephi 2:25 Adam fell that men might be, and men are, that they might have joy.
2 Nephi 2:27 Lehi's teaching on the principle of agency. Wherefore, men are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself .
2 Nephi 3:11-12 Lehi's prophecy of the latter-day seer, Joseph Smith. But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins.
2 Nephi 4:16-35 The Psalm of Nephi
2 Nephi 5 Nephi and his followers separate from the Lamanites and move to land of Nephi. They build a temple after the manner of the temple of Solomon. Nephi is commanded to make the small plates of Nephi and begin engraving upon them.
2 Nephi 6-10 Jacob delivers an important two-day sermon to the Nephites.
2 Nephi 9 Jacob's two-day sermon includes teachings on the atonement.
2 Nephi 9:8-9 If there had been no atonement, our spirits must become like him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies forever.
2 Nephi 9:21 And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, Who belong to the family of Adam.
2 Nephi 9:28-29 Intellectualism. When men are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish. But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
2 Nephi 9:41 The keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel.
2 Nephi 11:2-4 And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah, for my soul delighteth in his words. For I will liken his words unto my people, and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him. And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him; wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to prove unto them that my words are true. Wherefore, by the words of three, God hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words. Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.
2 Nephi 12-24 Isaiah 2-14
2 Nephi 21:6-9 Conditions during the Millennium. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
2 Nephi 25:23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.
2 Nephi 25:26 We talk, rejoice, preach, and prophesy of Christ that our children to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.
2 Nephi 26:22 Speaking of Satan and his secret combinations, Nephi wrote: He leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.
2 Nephi 26:24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.
2 Nephi 27-30 Nephi prophesies of latter-day apostasy, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, and the restoration of the gospel.
2 Nephi 28:3-4 Nephi's prophecy of latter-day secular churches which are built up and not unto the Lord. When one shall say to the other, behold I, I am the Lord's, and the other shall say I, I am the Lord's.
2 Nephi 28:7-9 Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
2 Nephi 28:20-22 For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good. And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well-and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.
2 Nephi 28:29-30 Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the word of God, and we need no more of the word of God, for we have enough! For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.
2 Nephi 29:6-8 Thou fool that shall say, a Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible.
2 Nephi 29:13 The Jews, Nephites, and lost tribes shall have each other's words.
2 Nephi 31 Nephi's discourse on Baptism
2 Nephi 31:3 My soul delighteth in plainness.
2 Nephi 31:4-7 If the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!
2 Nephi 31:13 Follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent .
2 Nephi 31:17-21 After ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, 1 would ask if all is done? Behold I say unto you nay, for ye have not come this far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save. Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life. And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end.
2 Nephi 32:3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.
2 Nephi 32:5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.
2 Nephi 32:8-9 And now, my beloved brethren, if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray. Ye must pray always, and not faint; that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
2 Nephi 33:3 But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he will hear my cry.
Jacob 1:8 Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of the world.
Jacob 1:19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord . . . answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence.
Jacob 2 Jacob denounces pride and unchastity and condemns the unauthorized practice of plural marriage.
Jacob 2:18-19 Before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.
Jacob 2:27-30 (compare D&C 49:16) Jacob's teaching on polygamy: If I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people.
Jacob 4:4 All the holy prophets knew of Christ.
Jacob 4:10 Seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand.
Jacob 4:13 The Spirit speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they really will be.
Jacob 5 Zenos's allegory of the tame and wild olive trees
Jacob 5:71-72 The Lord of the vineyard said: This is the last time that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand.
Jacob 7 The Antichrist Sherem comes among the Nephites and leads many away from the coming Christ. He demanded of Jacob a sign, and consequently he was struck down. Several days later he died by not before calling together the Nephites and denying his previous erroneous teachings.
Enos 1:4 Enos's prolonged prayer. I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.
Omni 1 Mosiah leads the Nephites out of the land of Nephi to the land of Zarahemla.
Mosiah 2-5 King Benjamin's speech
Mosiah 2:17 When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
Mosiah 2:20-21 If you should render all the thanks and praise, yet ye would be unprofitable servants.
Mosiah 2:22-24 And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land. And now, in the first place, he hath created you, and granted unto you your lives, for which ye are indebted unto him. And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?
Mosiah 2:38 Therefore if that man repenteth not, and remaineth and dieth an enemy to God, the demands of divine justice do awaken his immortal soul to a lively sense of his own guilt, which doth cause him to shrink from the presence of the Lord, and doth fill his breast with guilt, and pain, and anguish, which is like an unquenchable fire, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever.
Mosiah 3 The Natural Man
Mosiah 3:8 (see also Alma 7:10) Specific prophecy of Jesus Christ and Mary: And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.
Mosiah 3:17 There is no other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ .
Mosiah 3:19 For the natural man is an enemy to God.
Mosiah 4:14-15 Benjamin's counsel to teach your children to walk in the ways of truth and soberness.
Mosiah 4:16-19 Benjamin's counsel for dealing with a beggar: Ye will not suffer that the beggar will put up his petition to you in vain. Are we not all beggars?
Mosiah 4:27 It is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength.
Mosiah 4:30 Benjamin counsels: If ye do not watch yourselves, ye must perish. O man, remember, and perish not .
Mosiah 5:1-2 Response of the people to Benjamin's speech: We have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually.
Mosiah 5:13 How knoweth a man the master whom he has not served?
Mosiah 7-8, 21-22 The rescue of the people of Limhi by Ammon and his men.
Mosiah 9-22 The account of the people of Zeniff, Noah, and Limhi in the land of Nephi.
Mosiah 11-17 The preaching and martyrdom of Abinadi and the conversion of Alma.
Mosiah 14 Abinadi quotes Isaiah 53 in preaching to the court of King Noah.
Mosiah 18:8-10 The senior Alma's exhortation to his people at the waters of Mormon: As ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another's burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life. If this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized?
Mosiah 21:25-28 King Limhi had sent, previous to the coming of Ammon, a small number of men to search for the land of Zarahemla; but they could not find it .
Mosiah 23-24 The senior Alma and his people in the wilderness
Mosiah 23:21 The Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth their patience and their faith.
Mosiah 27 The rebellion and conversion of the younger Alma and the four sons of Mosiah
Mosiah 28:3 The sons of Mosiah could not bear that any human soul should perish.
Alma 1 The beginning of the reign of judges. The Antichrist Nehor kills Gideon and is executed on top of Hill Manti.
Alma 2 Amlici conspires to be king. He is defeated in an election; brings an army against the Nephites and joins with the army of the Lamanites. The Nephites defeat Amlici's army and the Lamanites army, and Amlici is slain by Alma.
Alma 3:6-8 The skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers. And this was done that the Lord might preserve his people, that they might not mix and believe in incorrect traditions.
Alma 3:27 Every man receiveth wages of him whom he listeth to obey.
Alma 5 The process of spiritual growth
Alma 5:14-15 Have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances?
Alma 5:26 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?
Alma 6:6 Alma commanded the people that they should join in fasting and mighty prayer in behalf of the welfare of the souls of those who knew not God.
Alma 7:11-12 (compare Hebrews 2:18) He suffered that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.
Alma 7:23-24 I would that ye should be humble, submissive, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of patience, long-suffering, and temperate in all things.
Alma 8-15 The ministry of Alma and Amulek
Alma 8:10 When Alma was rejected in Ammonihah, he labored much in the spirit, wrestling with God in mighty prayer.
Alma 11-15 Alma and Amulek contend with the clever and wicked lawyer Zeezrom, and Zeezrom is eventually converted.
Alma 11:37 Amulek's teaching that no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven.
Alma 11:40 He shall take upon him the transgressions of those who believe on his name, and salvation cometh to none else .
Alma 11:42-43 There is a death which is called a temporal death; and the death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death.
Alma 12:9-11 Alma's teaching of the "chains of hell." He that will harden his heart, the same receiveth the lesser portion of the word and then they are taken captive by the devil.
Alma 12:14 For our words and our works will condemn us and we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the mountains to fall upon us to hide us from his presence.
Alma 12:24 Death comes upon mankind, nevertheless there was a space granted unto man in which he might repent .
Alma 13 Alma's discourse on the Priesthood
Alma 13:3 Alma's teaching on the principle of foreordination.
Alma 16 (compare Alma 25:2-3) The city of Ammonihah is destroyed by a Lamanite invasion.
Alma 17-26 The fourteen-year mission of the sons of Mosiah to the Lamanites in the land of Nephi
Alma 17:2-3 Alma encounters the sons of Mosiah returning from their mission and rejoices exceedingly to see his brethren.
Alma 17 Ammon at the waters of Sebus
Alma 18-19 Ammon and the conversion of King Lamoni and his household
Alma 22 Aaron and the conversion of the father of Lamoni who was king over all the land
Alma 24 The Anti-Nephi-Lehies bury their weapons and covenant not to make war. They are attacked by their fellow Lamanites and 1,005 are slain.
Alma 26:9-12 Ammon is rebuked by his brother Aaron for boasting. Ammon retorts: I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom.
Alma 26:22 Ammon teaches that a man cannot understand the principle of the Lord's mercy or any other of the mysteries lest he repent and bring forth good works.
Alma 26:29-30 Ammon teaches that he and his brothers suffered all manner of afflictions, that perhaps they might be the means of saving some soul.
Alma 29:1-3 O that I were an angel and could have the wish of mine heart.
Alma 29:4 Alma teaches that the Lord granteth unto men according to their desires.
Alma 29:9-10 I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it.
Alma 30 The Antichrist Korihor leads many from the truth. He is eventually brought before Alma, the chief judge in Zarahemla, who is the governor over all the land. Korihor brazenly refuses to be persuaded by Alma's testimony and asks for a sign as the reality of God. Accordingly, he is struck deaf and dumb. Realizing his predicament, Korihor then claims, conversing of course by writing, that he has been deceived by the Devil who appeared before him in the form of an angel, and he pled with Alma to lift the curse from him. Alma perceived that he would resume his evil proselyting if the curse be lifted, and he refused and had him cast out. Korihor was then reduced to begging and he is eventually trampled and killed while in the land of the Zoramites.
Alma 30:60 The devil will not support his children at the last day, but doth speedily drag them down to hell.
Alma 31-35 Alma leads a mission to the apostate Zoramites.
Alma 31:5 Alma thought it was expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of God.
Alma 32 Alma's Lecture to the Zoramites on Faith
Alma 32:21 Alma's lecture on faith: Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things.
Alma 32:27-29 Awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words.
Alma 34 Amulek discourses on the infinite atonement of Christ .
Alma 34:8-10 It is expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice, an infinite and eternal sacrifice.
Alma 34:11-12 Now there is not any man that can sacrifice his own blood which will atone for the sins of another.
Alma 34:14-17 Amulek's teachings on mercy "which overpowereth justice." Mercy can satisfy the demands of justice, and encircles them in the arms of safety.
Alma 34:18-27 Yea, cry unto him for mercy; for he is mighty to save. Yea, humble yourselves, and continue in prayer unto him. Cry unto him when ye are in your fields, yea, over all your flocks . . . in your houses . . . over all your household, both morning, mid-day, and evening. Yea, cry unto him against the power of your enemies . . . against the devil . . . over the crops of your fields . . . over the flocks of your fields . . . pour out your souls in your closets, and your secret places, and in your wilderness. Yea, and when you do not cry unto the Lord, let your hearts be full, drawn out in prayer unto him continually for your welfare, and also for the welfare of those who are around you.
Alma 34:32-34 Amulek to the Zoramites: This life is the time for men to prepare to meet God. I beseech of you that you do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end.
Alma 36-37 Alma counsels his son Helaman
Alma 36:3 Alma to his son Helaman: I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.
Alma 36:4-26 Alma recalls for his son Helaman the account of his conversion. There could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains and nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.
Alma 37:6-7 By small and simple things are great things brought to pass, and small means, in many instances, doth confound the wise.
Alma 37:35-37 Alma to his son Helaman, Remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God. Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good.
Alma 38 Alma counsels his son Shiblon
Alma 38:12 Alma to his son Shiblon: Use boldness, but not overbearance.
Alma 38:14 Alma to Shiblon: Do not say, O God, I thank thee that we are better than our brethren; but rather say: 0 Lord, forgive my unworthiness.
Alma 39 Alma counsels his son Corianton on sexual sin.
Alma 40 Alma counsels his son Corianton on the spirit world and resurrection.
Alma 40:11-14 Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection. Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.
Alma 41 Alma counsels his son Corianton on the law of restoration.
Alma 41:10 The law of restoration: Wickedness never was happiness.
Alma 42 Alma counsels his son Corianton on the atonement, justice, and mercy.
Alma 42:22 Alma teaches his son Corianton the principle of justice. If there is no repentance, justice claimeth the creature and executeth the law.
Alma 43-62 A period of war-the account of the remarkable Nephite chief captain Moroni.
Alma 43-44 The Amalekite (Amlicite) Zerahemnah joins his army with the Zoramites and comes against the Nephite army initially in the land of Jershon and later near the land of Manti. Zerahemnah is scalped by a Nephite soldier after refusing Alma's offer to enter a covenant of peace. Zerahemnah's army is soundly defeated and finally they enter into the covenant of peace.
Alma 46 Captain Moroni's Title of Liberty
Alma 46:12-13 Captain Moroni's title of liberty: In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children.
Alma 46-51 Amalickiah, a large and strong man, conspires to be king. He is defeated by Captain Moroni and goes over to the land of the Lamanites. By deception and murder, he becomes the king of the Lamanites and marries the Lamanites queen. He swears an oath to drink the blood of Moroni and leads a large Lamanite army against him and his Nephite army. Amalickiah is eventually killed when Teancum steals into his camp and puts a javelin through his heart. Amalickiah is succeeded by his brother Ammoron.
Alma 48:11-13; Alma 48:17 Moroni was a strong and a mighty man. If all men had been. and were. and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever.
Alma 52 Captain Moroni and Teancum win an important battle over a powerful Lamanite army led by a Zoramite Captain named Jacob-they decoy him out of his stronghold in the city of Mulek.
Alma 53, 56-58 Helaman and his two-thousand stripling warriors
Alma 59-61 Captain Moroni writes to Pahoran, the chief judge in Zarahemla, asking for reinforcements. When they don't arrive, Moroni writes again and threatens to march on Zarahemla if help is not sent. Pahoran responds by informing Moroni, by letter, of the rebellions in Zarahemla.
Helaman 1 Because of dissension and disorganization in the Nephite government following the murder by Kishkumen of the chief judge Pahoran, the son of Pahoran, as he sat upon the judgment seat, a well-armed Lamanite army, led by a large and mighty man named Coriantumr captures for a time the city of Zarahemla. Coriantumr is eventually defeated and slain by Moronihah, the son of Captain Moroni, and his Nephite army.
Helaman 3:35 Though they were persecuted by other members of the church, the humble and persecuted saints in Zarahemla did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ.
Helaman 5 The mission of Nephi and Lehi to the land of Nephi. They have a miraculous experience in a Lamanite prison during which they are surrounded by a wall of fire.
Helaman 5:8-12 Posthumous counsel of Helaman to his sons Nephi and Lehi: Remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.
Helaman 7-9 Nephi prays and preaches from his garden tower. He miraculously visualizes the murder of the chief judge and even identifies his murderer.
Helaman 10:4-7 Remarkable promise to prophet Nephi: All things shall be done unto thee according to thy word, for thou shalt not ask that which is contrary to my will.
Helaman 12:3 Except the Lord doth chasten his people with many afflictions, yea, they will not remember him.
Helaman 13-16 The preaching and prophecies of Samuel the Lamanite from the wall around Zarahemla
3 Nephi 1 The signs of Christ's birth-"At the going down of the sun there was no darkness."
3 Nephi 3-4 The Nephites gather themselves together to defend themselves against the Gadianton band led by Giddianhi and then Zemnarihah. The Nephites are led by the Chief Judge Lachoneus and the military captain Gidgiddoni. The Gadianton band is eventually defeated. Zemnarihah is hanged from a tree, and then the tree is felled.
3 Nephi 8 Signs of Christ's crucifixion-great destruction throughout the land
3 Nephi 9-10 The Lord's voice is heard out of the darkness following the period of destruction at the time of the Savior's crucifixion.
3 Nephi 11-28 Christ's ministry among the Nephites at Bountiful
3 Nephi 11:11 I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.
3 Nephi 11:14-15 The multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet.
3 Nephi 11:29 He that hath the spirit of contention is not of me.
3 Nephi 11:32-34 And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto me.
3 Nephi 11:38 Ye must become as a little child, or ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.
3 Nephi 12-14 (compare Matthew 5-7) Jesus's sermon at the temple in Bountiful
3 Nephi 12:48 (Matthew 5:48) I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
3 Nephi 13:33 (Matthew 6:33) Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
3 Nephi 15:4-5 The law is fulfilled that was given unto Moses. I am he that gave the law.
3 Nephi 15:21 (see John 10:14-16) Ye are they of whom I said: Other sheep I have which are not of this fold.
3 Nephi 17:4 But now I go unto the Father, and also to show myself unto the lost tribes of Israel, for they are not lost unto the Father, for he knoweth whither he hath taken them.
3 Nephi 17:23-24 And he spoke unto the multitude. and said unto them: Behold your little ones. And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them.
3 Nephi 18:15-16 The Savior to his twelve Nephite disciples: Ye must watch and pray always, lest ye be tempted by the devil, and ye be led away captive by him.
3 Nephi 18:20 The Savior to the Nephite multitude: Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, it shall be given unto you.
3 Nephi 19:33-34 And the multitude did hear and do bear record; and their hearts were open and they did understand in their hearts the words which he prayed. Nevertheless, so great and marvelous were the words which he prayed that they cannot be written, neither can they be uttered by man.
3 Nephi 20 The Lord quotes Isaiah 52.
3 Nephi 21:9-11 The Savior looks across the ages and prophesies of the prophet Joseph Smith. He said: The life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.
3 Nephi 22 The Lord quotes Isaiah 54.
3 Nephi 23:1-3 (see also Mormon 8:23) Search these things diligently, for great are the words of Isaiah. Surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel.
3 Nephi 24 and 25 The prophet Malachi on tithing (Malachi 3) and the return of Elijah (Malachi 4)
3 Nephi 26:14 The Savior did teach and minister unto the children, and they did speak unto their fathers great and marvelous things, even greater than he had revealed unto the people.
3 Nephi 27:8 How be it my church save it be called in my name?
3 Nephi 27:13-16 The Savior said, Behold, I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you-that I came into the world to do the will of my Father because my Father sent me, and my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross. And after that I had been lifted upon the cross that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.
3 Nephi 27:20 The Savior said: Now this is the commandment-repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day.
3 Nephi 27:27 The Savior to his twelve Nephite disciples: And know ye that ye shall be judges of this people. Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am.
3 Nephi 27:28-29 The Savior to his twelve Nephite disciples: Whatsoever things ye shall ask the Father in my name shall be given unto you.
3 Nephi 27:33 Enter ye in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it; but wide is the gate, and broad the way which leads to death, and many there be that travel therein.
3 Nephi 28 The Three Nephites are allowed to tarry .
Mormon 6 The Great and Final Battle Between the Lamanites and Nephites
Mormon 7:8-9 Just before his death, the prophet Mormon writes to the latter-day Lamanites: Therefore repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus. For this is written for the intent that ye may believe that.
Mormon 8-9 Moroni's warning to the people of this final dispensation.
Mormon 9:3-4 Do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of your guilt? Do ye suppose that ye could be happy to dwell with that holy Being, when your souls are racked with a consciousness of guilt that ye have ever abused his laws? Behold, I say unto you that ye would be more miserable to dwell with a holy and just God, under a consciousness of your filthiness before him, than ye would to dwell with the damned souls in hell.
Mormon 9:18-20 Moroni gives a logical discourse on miracles. And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles.
Ether 3 The brother of Jared sees the finger and the body of the Lord; his great vision of the earth the account of which is sealed up by Moroni
Ether 5:2-4 Moroni's prophecy of the three Book of Mormon witnesses
Ether 8 Moroni warns of Secret Combinations.
Ether 12 The prophet Moroni on Faith, Hope, and Charity
Ether 12:6 The prophet Moroni taught that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.
Ether 12:12 The prophet Moroni taught, If there be no faith among the children of men, God can do no miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their faith.
Ether 12:27 I give unto men weakness that they may be humble. Then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
Ether 12:34 I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of men is charity.
Ether 12:41 Moroni exhorts: I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever.
Ether 15 The great and final battle of the Jaredites-Coriantumr kills Shiz.
Moroni 4-5 (compare D&C 20:77; D&C 20:79) Sacramental Prayers
Moroni 6:2-4 Moroni outlines the requirements for baptism in the Nephite church of his day.
Moroni 6:5-6 Moroni describes the habits of worship of the few remaining Nephites who were being hunted by the Lamanites. And the church did meet together oft, to fast and to pray, and to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls.
Moroni 7 Mormon's teachings on faith, hope, and charity
Moroni 7:11-14 The prophet Mormon comments on the inward motivation of man: A man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil.
Moroni 7:16-17 For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil.
Moroni 7:27-29 The prophet Mormon asks the question, "Have miracles ceased?" He then describes the miracle of all miracles, the atonement of Jesus Christ with its consequent miracle of forgiveness.
Moroni 7:33 If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.
Moroni 7:40-42 The prophet Mormon teaches of the relationship between faith and hope: I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope? And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise. Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope.
Moroni 7:44-48 Mormon's discourse on charity which uses terminology similar to that of Paul in 1 Corinthians 13. Mormon said, For if [a man] have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity. And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail-But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure.
Moroni 8:11-12 Mormon's letter to his son Moroni on the evils of original sin and infant baptism. Little children are alive in Christ .
Moroni 8:16 Mormon passionately condemns those who would teach of original sin and infant baptism: Wo be unto them that shall pervert the ways of the Lord after this manner. Behold, I speak with boldness, having authority from God; and I fear not what man can do; for perfect love casteth out all fear .
Moroni 10:3-5 Moroni's promise: And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
Moroni 10:18 Every good gift cometh of Christ.
Moroni 10:32-33 Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; then is his grace sufficient for you, and ye are perfect in Christ.