4 Nephi 1:19 Alma 4:6 Helaman 3:33 Helaman 16:15 Mosiah 11:1 Sirach 10:12
Sirach 10:12
The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.
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This chapter in the commentary 2 Nephi 20 — Isaiah 10 — The Assyrian as the Lord's Rod, the Remnant Returns, the Cedars Cut Down 2 Nephi 24 — Isaiah 14 — Israel Restored, the Taunt-Song over Babylon's King, Lucifer Fallen from Heaven 3 Nephi 6 — Distinguished by Ranks — The Inequality That Broke the Church 3 Nephi 12 — In Me It Hath All Been Fulfilled — The Beatitudes and the Higher Law 4 Nephi 1 — And Surely There Could Not Be a Happier People — The Two Hundred Years of Zion, and the Long Unraveling Alma 4 — Pride Enters the Church — Inequality at Zarahemla, Alma Yields the Judgment-Seat to Nephihah, and the Decision to Go Forth in Pure Testimony Alma 48 — If All Men Had Been Like unto Moroni — The Portrait of a Man of God in Power Alma 51 — The King-Men and the Javelin — Liberty Assailed from Within and the Death of the Usurper Alma 60 — Righteous, and Wrong — Moroni's Epistle of Condemnation Alma 61 — The Greatness of Your Heart — Pahoran's Reply Alma 62 — Hardened or Softened — The End of the War and the Death of Teancum Ether 7 — Brought Into Captivity — The Kingdom Divided, and the Brother of Jared's Warning Begins to Come True Ether 8 — Built Up to Get Power and Gain — The Secret Combination of Akish, and Moroni's Warning to Our Nation Helaman 1 — The Unguarded City — A Throne Contested and a Capital Nearly Lost Helaman 3 — The Gate of Heaven Is Open — Migration, Prosperity, and the Pride That Follows Helaman 4 — Left in Their Own Strength — The Loss of the Land Southward Helaman 12 — Less Than the Dust — Mormon's Meditation on the Nothingness of Man Helaman 16 — Some Things They May Have Guessed Right — The Reasonings of Unbelief Mosiah 11 — King Noah and the First Cry of Abinadi — A King Whose Heart Is Set on Riches, a Prophet Who Comes Among the People to Say Repent or Be Brought Into Bondage Mosiah 29 — The Reign of the Judges Established — Mosiah's Epistle on the Voice of the People, the Danger of the Unrighteous King, How Much Iniquity One Wicked King Causes, and Alma the Younger Chosen Chief Judge Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Sirach 10:12 in context .
