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Alma 34:9

For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the atonement which it is expedient should be made.

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Alma 34:9

For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the atonement which it is expedient should be made.

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1 Nephi 19 — Zenock, Neum, Zenos, and the Hermeneutic of 'Liken'
2 Nephi 9 — O the Wisdom of God — Jacob's Great Atonement Sermon
2 Nephi 11 — My Soul Delighteth — Nephi's Preface to the Isaiah Block
2 Nephi 15 — Isaiah 5 — The Song of the Vineyard, the Six Woes, the Ensign to the Nations
2 Nephi 24 — Isaiah 14 — Israel Restored, the Taunt-Song over Babylon's King, Lucifer Fallen from Heaven
2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do
2 Nephi 28 — False Churches in the Latter Days — The Lull of Carnal Security, the Few Stripes, the Line upon Line
2 Nephi 29 — A Bible! A Bible! — The Marvelous Work, the Two Records, and the Lord Speaks to All Nations
2 Nephi 31 — The Doctrine of Christ — Baptism, the Holy Ghost, and the Strait Way
2 Nephi 32 — Feast Upon the Words of Christ — Angels, the Holy Ghost, and the Doctrine of Pray Always
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
Alma 3 — The Mark and the Curse — the Amlicites Self-Marked, the Word of God Fulfilled, and Every Man Receiveth Wages of Him Whom He Listeth to Obey
Alma 31 — The Rameumptom — Worship Turned Inside Out, and the Prayer of a Sorrowing Heart
Alma 33 — Then Cast About Your Eyes — Zenos, Zenock, and the Brazen Serpent, or How to Plant the Seed
Alma 42 — Mercy Cannot Rob Justice — Alma on the Plan of Redemption
Helaman 5 — Remember, Remember — The Rock, the Prison, and the Voice of Perfect Mildness
Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
Jacob 6 — Cleave Unto God — Jacob's Allegorical Exhortation and the Pleasing Bar of the Great Jehovah
Mormon 1 — A Sober Child, Quick to Observe — Mormon's Boyhood, and the Withdrawal of the Spirit from a People
Mormon 2 — The Sorrowing of the Damned — Mormon Made a Captain at Sixteen, and a Grief That Was Not Repentance
Mormon 6 — O Ye Fair Ones — The Last Battle at Cumorah, and a Father's Lament Over a Fallen Nation
Mormon 8 — I Even Remain Alone — Moroni Takes Up the Record, and Sees Our Day
Mosiah 1 — Benjamin's Father-Discourse — Language, Records, the Mysteries, and the Name That Shall Never Be Blotted Out
Mosiah 2 — Benjamin's Tower Sermon — The Humble King, Service as Worship, the Unprofitable Servant, and the Wo of the Open Rebel
Mosiah 3 — The Angel's Message — Jesus Christ Named, Blood from Every Pore, and the Natural Man
Mosiah 4 — Fallen as Dead — The Cry for Mercy, Retaining a Remission, Are We Not All Beggars, and Watch Yourselves
Mosiah 13 — Abinadi's Face Shines — The Decalogue Finished, the Law as Schoolmaster, and the God Himself Who Shall Come Down
Mosiah 15 — God Himself Shall Come Down — Abinadi's Father-Son Christology, the Seed of the Servant, and Beautiful Feet Restored
Mosiah 18 — Waters of Mormon — The Baptismal Covenant, the Mourning-with-Them-that-Mourn, and the First Nephite Church
1 Kings 21 — The Vineyard Hard by the Palace — Naboth's Costly No, Jezebel's Letters, the Blood the Dogs Licked, and the Sackcloth That Moved Heaven
2 Chronicles 15 — The God Who Is Found — Azariah's Word to Asa, the Covenant to Seek with the Whole Heart, and the Courage to Reform One's Own House
2 Chronicles 26 — The King Who Was Strong to His Own Undoing — Uzziah's Rise, the Hinge of Strength, and the Censer That Bred Leprosy
2 Kings 3 — Ditches Before the Rain — Three Kings in a Waterless Wilderness, the Minstrel Who Made Room for the Word, Water Without a Storm, and the Fire on Moab's Wall
2 Kings 16 — The Copied Altar — Ahaz Gives His Son to the Fire, Buys an Empire with the Temple's Treasure, Orders the Pattern of Damascus from a Compliant Priest, and Refuses the Sign of Immanuel
2 Kings 19 — The Letter Spread Before the LORD — Hezekiah's Sackcloth, the Prayer Between the Cherubims, the Remnant That Takes Root Downward, and the Angel in the Camp of Assyria
Esther 1 — The Feast at the Center of the Empire — 127 Provinces, 180 Days of Glory, a Queen Who Said No, and the Vacancy Providence Left Open
Esther 8 — The Word That May No Man Reverse — Haman's House, the Signet on Mordecai's Hand, and a Second Decree Answering the First
Ezra 3 — The Altar Before the House — Worship Rebuilt on the Old Base, and the Shout That Could Not Be Told from Weeping
Psalms 28 — Be Not Silent to Me — A Cry from the Edge of the Pit, and the Sudden Blessing of a Prayer Heard
Psalms 46 — A Very Present Help — The River That Gladdens the City, and the Command to Be Still

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