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Doctrine and Covenants 122:7

And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.

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And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son,…

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1 Nephi 1 — Lehi's Vision and the Tender Mercies of the Lord
1 Nephi 21 — Isaiah 49 — The Servant's Commission, the Engraved Palms, and the Light to the Gentiles
2 Nephi 14 — Isaiah 4 — The Branch of the Lord and the Restored Pillar of Cloud and Fire
2 Nephi 18 — Isaiah 8 — Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, the Sanctuary and the Stone of Stumbling, To the Law and to the Testimony
2 Nephi 20 — Isaiah 10 — The Assyrian as the Lord's Rod, the Remnant Returns, the Cedars Cut Down
Alma 14 — The Lord Receiveth Them Up Unto Himself — The Martyrdom of the Innocents, the Mocking Priests, and the Collapse of the Prison Walls
Moroni 9 — May Christ Lift Thee Up — Mormon's Last Letter, and a Father's Charge to Endure
Mosiah 14 — The Suffering Servant — Isaiah 53 in the Mouth of Abinadi, Read into the Face of King Noah
Mosiah 17 — Abinadi Sealed by Fire — Alma Believes, the Word Is Hidden Away, the Prophet Dies as the Type He Named Himself to Be
Mosiah 21 — Limhi's Bondage Deepens — Three Defeats, Humbled to the Dust, the Lord Slow to Hear, and Many Desire Baptism but None Have Authority
Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth
Mosiah 24 — Burdens Made Light — Amulon's Authority, the Forbidden Prayer, the Voice of the Lord in Their Affliction, the Deep Sleep upon the Lamanites, and the Valley Named Alma
Doctrine and Covenants 30 — You Have Feared Man
Doctrine and Covenants 71 — No Weapon Formed Against You
Doctrine and Covenants 121 — O God, Where Art Thou?
Doctrine and Covenants 123 — Waste and Wear Out Our Lives
Doctrine and Covenants 127 — Let There Be a Recorder
Ezra 4 — The Help That Was Not Help — The Adversaries' Offer, the Weakened Hands, the Letter to the King, and the Work That Ceased
Job 1 — The Wager in Heaven — Job of Uz, the Accuser in the Council, and the Man Who Worshipped in the Ruins
Job 2 — Skin for Skin — The Second Council, the Boils, the Wife's Grief, and the Silence of Friends
Job 3 — Let the Day Perish — Job Breaks the Silence, Curses His Birth-Day, and Longs for the Rest of the Grave
Job 12 — No Doubt Ye Are the People — Job Answers His Friends, Points to the Beasts, and Sings the Terrible Wisdom of God
Job 13 — Physicians of No Value — Job Refuses to Lie for God, Turns to the Almighty, and Says the Line That Anchors the Book: Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust in Him
Job 14 — If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again? — Job's Meditation on Human Frailty, the Tree That Sprouts Again, and a Question Left Open in the Dark
Job 22 — The Kind Answer Built on a Lie — Eliphaz Invents Job's Crimes, Then Preaches Him a Repentance He Does Not Owe
Job 23 — When He Hath Tried Me — The Hidden God, the Day in Court That Never Comes, and the Refiner's Gold
Job 38 — Out of the Whirlwind — The LORD Answers Job Not with a Why but with a Who
Job 40 — Behold, I Am Vile — Job Lays His Hand Upon His Mouth, and the LORD Unveils Behemoth
Nehemiah 6 — I Am Doing a Great Work — Nehemiah on the Wall, the Plain of Ono, the Hired Prophet, and the Fear That Would Not Land
Psalms 31 — Into Thine Hand — A Lament of Trust, the Rock and House of Defence, and the Spirit Committed to God
Moses 4 — Give Me Thine Honor — the Council, the Serpent, and the First Promise of Christ

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