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Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon
Simple synonymous:
1 Ne. 1:15 And after this manner was the language of my father in the
praising of his God; for his
soul did rejoice, and his
whole heart was filled, because of the things which he had seen, yea,
which the Lord had shown unto him.
1 Ne. 17:47 Behold, my
soul is rent with anguish because of you, and my heart is pained; I fear lest ye shall be
cast off forever. Behold, I am full of the Spirit of God, insomuch that my
frame has no strength.
2 Ne. 9:52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your
God; pray unto him
continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night.
Let your hearts rejoice.
2 Ne. 25:2 For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things concerning
the manner of the Jews; for their works were works of darkness, and their doings were doings of
abominations.
2 Ne. 30:11 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
and faithfulness the
girdle of his reins.
Alma 34:32 For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life
is the day for men to perform their labors.
3 Ne. 5:21 Surely
he hath blessed the house of Jacob, and hath been merciful unto the seed of Joseph.
3 Ne. 20:42 For ye shall not
go out with haste nor go by flight; for the Lord will go before you, and
the God of Israel shall be your rearward.
3 Ne. 29:5 Wo unto him
that spurneth at the doings of the Lord;
yea, wo unto him that shall deny the Christ and his works!
Ether 6:10 And thus they were driven forth; and no monster of the sea could break
them, neither whale that could mar them; and they
did have light continually, whether it was above the water or under the water.
Simple synthetic:
2 Ne. 4:35 Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh.
Yea, my God will give me,
if I ask not amiss;
therefore I will lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of
my righteousness. Behold, my
voice shall forever ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God.
Amen.
Mosiah 23:21 Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth
their patience and their faith.
Alma 37:35 O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the
commandments of God.
3 Ne. 10:15 Behold, I say unto you, Yea, many have testified of these things at the coming of
Christ, and were slain because they testified of these things.
Contrasting:
2 Ne. 26:25 Behold, doth
he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me?
Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but
he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of
the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and
without price.
Alma 5:40 For
I say unto you that whatsoever
is good cometh from God, and whatsoever is evil cometh
from the devil.
Alma 5:41 41 Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works he hearkeneth
unto the voice of the good shepherd, and he doth follow him; but whosoever bringeth
forth evil works, the same becometh a child of the devil, for he hearkeneth unto his voice, and doth follow him
Alma 9:28 Therefore, prepare ye the way of the Lord, for the time is
at hand that all men shall reap a reward of their works, according to that which they
have been—if they have been
righteous they shall reap the salvation of their souls,
according to the power and deliverance of Jesus Christ; and if they have been evil they
shall reap the damnation of their souls, according to the power
and captivation of the devil.
Alma 36:21 Yea, I
say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as
were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so
exquisite and sweet as was my joy.
Hel. 10:6 Behold, thou
art Nephi, and I am
God. Behold, I declare it unto thee in the presence of mine angels, that
ye shall have power over this people, and shall smite the earth with famine, and with pestilence, and
destruction, according to the wickedness of this people.
3 Ne. 27:33 And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings
he said unto his disciples: 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, until
the night cometh, wherein no man can work.
Antithetical:
1 Ne. 17:45 Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your
God. Ye have seen an angel,
and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice
from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling,
that ye could not feel his
words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder,
which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder.
Jacob 4:10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand.
For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great
mercy, over all his works.
Mosiah 4:24 And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not and yet have sufficient, that ye remain from day to day; I mean all
you who deny the beggar, because ye have not; I would that ye say in your
hearts that: I give not
because I have not, but if I had I would give.
Ether 12:26 And when I had said this, the Lord spake
unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my
grace is sufficient for the meek, that they shall take no advantage of your
weakness;
Moro. 10:6 And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.
Simple alternate:
1 Ne. 5:1 And it came to pass that after we had come down into the
wilderness unto our father, behold, he was filled with joy, and also my mother, Sariah, was exceedingly glad, for she
truly had mourned because of us.
1 Ne. 11:25 And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father had seen,
was the word of God, which led to the
fountain of living waters,
or to the tree of life; which waters are a representation of the
love of God; and I also
beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.
1 Ne. 17:19 And now it came to
pass that I, Nephi, was exceedingly sorrowful because of the hardness of their
hearts; and now when they saw that I began to be sorrowful they were glad in
their hearts, insomuch that they did rejoice over me, saying: We knew that ye could not construct
a ship, for we knew
that ye were lacking in judgment; wherefore, thou canst not accomplish
so great a work., 36 Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should be inhabited; and he hath created his children that
they should possess it., 39 He ruleth high in the heavens,
for it is his throne, and this earth is his footstool.
1 Ne. 20:18–19 O
that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments—then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of
the sea.
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand;
the offspring of thy bowels
like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor
destroyed from before me.
2 Ne. 4:17 Nevertheless,
notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord, in showing me his great
and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth: O wretched man that I am! Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth
because of mine iniquities., 28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give
place no more for the enemy of my soul.
2 Ne. 6:6 And now, these are the words: Thus saith the
Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,
and thy daughters shall be
carried upon their shoulders.
2 Ne. 10:25 Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the
resurrection, and also from
everlasting death by the power of the atonement,
that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him
through grace divine. Amen.
2 Ne. 26:12 And as I spake concerning the convincing of
the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be
that the Gentiles be convinced
also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;
2 Ne. 27:4 For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay yourselves and
wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry; yea, ye shall be drunken but not with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong
drink.
2 Ne. 30:17 There is nothing
which is secret save it shall be revealed;
there is no work of darkness
save it shall be made manifest in the light; and there is nothing which is sealed
upon the earth save it shall
be loosed.
Mosiah 4:8 And this is the means whereby salvation cometh. And there is none other
salvation save this which hath been spoken of; neither are there any conditions whereby man can be
saved except the conditions which I have told you.
Alma 1:26 And when the priests left their labor to impart the word of God unto the
people, the people also left their labors to hear the word of God. And when the
priest had imparted unto them the word of God they all returned again
diligently unto their labors; and the priest, not esteeming himself above his
hearers, for the preacher was
no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal, and they did all labor, every man according to his strength.
Alma 2:29 And it came to pass that Alma fought with Amlici with the sword, face to face;
and they did contend mightily,
one with another.
Alma 28:11 And the bodies
of many thousands are laid low in the earth, while the bodies of many thousands are moldering in heaps upon the face of the earth;
yea, and many thousands are mourning for the loss of their kindred,
because they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord, that they are consigned to a state
of endless wo.
Alma 63:2 And he was
a just man, and he did
walk uprightly before God; and he did observe to do good continually, to keep the commandments of the Lord his God; and
also did his brother.
Hel. 3:21 And it came to pass that he had two sons. He gave unto the
eldest the name of Nephi, and
unto the youngest, the name of Lehi. And they began to grow up unto the Lord.
Repeated alternate:
1 Ne. 19:9 And the world, because
of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they
scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth
it. Yea, they spit upon
him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.
Alma 30:24–26 24 Ye say that this people is a free
people. Behold, I say
they are in bondage. Ye
say that those ancient prophecies are true. Behold, I say that ye do not know that they are true.
25 Ye say that this people is a guilty and
a fallen people, because of the transgression of a parent. Behold, I say that a child is not
guilty because of its parents.
26 And ye also say that Christ shall come. But behold, I say that ye do not
know that there shall be a Christ. And ye say also that he shall be slain for the sins of
the world—
Alma 30:10 But if he murdered he was punished unto death;
and if he robbed he was also punished; and if he stole he was also punished; and if he committed adultery he was also punished; yea, for all this wickedness they were punished.
Extended alternate:
1 Ne. 8:24 And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward, and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod
of iron; and they
did press forward through
the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron, even until
they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree.
4 Upon the other plates should be engraven an account of the reign of the kings, and the wars
and contentions of my people; wherefore these plates are for the more part of
the ministry; and the other
plates are for the more part of
the reign of the kings and the wars and contentions of my people.
Alma 5:19 I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands? I say unto you,
can you look up, having the image of God engraven
upon your countenances?
Repetitive numerical:
Alma 23:5 And thousands were brought to the knowledge of the Lord, yea, thousands were brought to believe in the traditions of the Nephites; and they were
taught the records and prophecies which were handed down
even to the present time.
Alma 28:11 And the bodies of many thousands are laid low in the earth, while the
bodies of many thousands
are moldering in heaps upon the face of the earth;
yea, and many thousands
are mourning for the loss of their kindred, because
they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord, that they are
consigned to a state of endless wo.
Alma 36:10 And it came to pass that I fell to the earth; and it was
for the space of three days and three nights that I could not open my mouth, neither
had I the use of my limbs.
A fortiori numerical:
1 Ne. 4:1 And it came to pass that I spake
unto my brethren, saying: Let us go up again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the
Lord; for behold he is mightier than all the earth, then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea, or even than his tens of thousands?
Alma 3:26 And in one year were thousands and tens of thousands of souls sent to the eternal
world, that they might reap their rewards according to their works, whether they
were good or whether they were bad, to reap eternal happiness or eternal misery,
according to the spirit which they listed to obey, whether it be a good spirit
or a bad one.
Hel. 3:24–26 And
it came to pass that in this same year there was exceedingly great prosperity
in the church, insomuch that there were thousands who did join themselves unto the church and were
baptized unto repentance.
25 And so great was the prosperity of the
church, and so many the blessings which were poured out upon the people, that
even the high priests and the teachers were themselves astonished beyond
measure.
26 And it came to pass that the work of
the Lord did prosper unto the baptizing and uniting to the church of God, many
souls, yea, even tens of
thousands.
3 Ne. 3:22 And it came to pass in the seventeenth year, in the latter
end of the year, the proclamation of Lachoneus had
gone forth throughout all the face of the land, and they had taken their horses, and their chariots, and their
cattle, and all their flocks, and their herds, and their grain, and all their
substance, and did march forth by
thousands and by tens
of thousands, until they had all gone forth to the place which had been
appointed that they should gather themselves together, to defend themselves
against their enemies.
3 Ne. 4:21 And the Nephites were continually marching out by day and
by night, and falling upon their armies, and cutting them off by thousands and by tens of thousands.
Circular repetitive:
Mosiah 3:25–26 And
if they be evil they are consigned to an awful view of
their own guilt and abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the
presence of the Lord into a state of misery and endless torment, from whence they can no more
return; therefore they have drunk damnation to their
own souls.
26 Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of
the wrath of God, which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny
that Adam should fall because of his partaking
of the forbidden fruit;
therefore, mercy could have claim on them no more
forever.
Mosiah 11:21 And except they repent and turn to the Lord their God,
behold, I will deliver them
into the hands of their enemies; yea, and they shall be brought into bondage; and they shall be afflicted by the hand
of their enemies.
Alma 3:15–16 And
again: I will set a mark upon
him that mingleth his seed with thy brethren,
that they may be cursed also.
16 And
again: I will set a mark upon
him that fighteth against thee and thy seed.
Alma 14:29 Now the people having heard a great noise came running
together by multitudes to know the cause of it; and when they saw Alma and
Amulek coming forth out of the prison, and the walls thereof had fallen to the
earth, they were struck with great fear, and fled from the presence of Alma and Amulek even
as a goat fleeth
with her young from two lions; and thus they did flee from the
presence of Alma and Amulek.
Alma 24:7–10 Now,
these are the words which he said unto the people concerning the matter: I thank my God, my beloved
people, that our great God
has in goodness sent these our brethren, the Nephites, unto us to preach unto
us, and to convince us of the traditions of our wicked fathers.
8 And
behold, I thank my great God
that he has given us a portion of his Spirit to soften our hearts, that we have opened a correspondence with these brethren,
the Nephites.
9 And
behold, I also thank my God,
that by opening this correspondence we have been convinced of our sins, and of the many murders which we
have committed.
10 And
I also thank my God,
yea, my great God, that
he hath granted unto us that we might repent of these things, and also that he
hath forgiven us of those our many sins and murders
which we have committed, and taken away the guilt from our hearts, through the merits of
his Son.
Alma 60:20 Have ye forgotten the commandments of the Lord your God? Yea, have ye forgotten the
captivity of our fathers? Have
ye forgotten the many times we have been delivered out of the hands of
our enemies?
Alma 62:41 But behold, because of the exceedingly great length of the war between the
Nephites and the Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the exceedingly great length of the war;
and many were softened because of their afflictions,
insomuch that they did humble themselves before God, even in the depth of
humility.
Hel. 11:10–16 O
Lord, behold this people repenteth; and they have
swept away the band of Gadianton from amongst them
insomuch that they have become extinct, and they have concealed their secret
plans in the earth.
11 Now,
O Lord, because of this their humility wilt thou turn away thine anger, and let
thine anger be appeased in the destruction of those wicked men whom thou hast
already destroyed.
12 O
Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, yea, thy fierce anger, and cause that
this famine may cease in this land.
13 O
Lord, wilt thou hearken unto me, and cause that it may be done according to my
words, and send forth rain upon the face of the earth, that she may
bring forth her fruit, and her grain in the season of grain.
14 O
Lord, thou didst hearken unto my
words when I said, Let there be a famine, that the pestilence of the sword
might cease; and I know that thou wilt, even at this time, hearken unto my words,
for thou saidst that: If this people repent I will
spare them.
15 Yea, O Lord, and thou seest that they have repented, because of the famine and
the pestilence and destruction which has come unto them.
16 And now, O Lord, wilt thou turn away
thine anger, and try again if they will serve thee? And if so, O Lord, thou
canst bless them according to thy words which thou hast said.
Morm.
7:2–5 Know ye that ye are of the house
of Israel.
3 Know ye that ye must
come unto repentance, or ye cannot be saved.
4 Know
ye that ye must lay down your weapons of war, and delight no more in the
shedding of blood, and take them not again, save it be that God shall command you.
5 Know ye that ye must
come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all
your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of
God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power of the Father he hath
risen again, whereby he hath gained the victory over the grave; and also in him is the
sting of death swallowed up.
Climactic:
2 Ne. 2:25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are,
that they might have joy.
Alma 42:22–23 But
there is a law given, and a punishment affixed, and a repentance granted; which repentance, mercy claimeth; otherwise, justice claimeth
the creature and executeth the law, and the law inflicteth
the punishment; if not so, the works of justice would be destroyed, and God
would cease to be God.
23 But
God ceaseth not to be God, and mercy claimeth the
penitent, and mercy cometh because of the atonement;
and the atonement bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead; and the resurrection of the dead bringeth back men
into the presence of God; and thus they are restored
into his presence, to be judged according to their works, according to
the law and justice.
Morm.
9:12–13 Behold, he created Adam, and by Adam came the fall of man.
And because of the fall of man
came Jesus Christ,
even the Father and the Son; and because of Jesus Christ came the redemption of man.
13 And because of the redemption of man,
which came by Jesus Christ,
they are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is
wherein all men are redeemed,
because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep, from which sleep all men shall
be awakened by the power of God when the trump shall sound; and they shall come
forth, both small and great, and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed
and loosed from this eternal band of death, which death is a temporal
death.