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Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

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Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

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1 Nephi 18 — The Ship, the Bound Prophet, and the Sea That Obeys the Compass
Alma 36 — I Could Remember My Pains No More — Alma's Conversion to Helaman, and the Chiasm That Turns on the Name of Christ
Helaman 5 — Remember, Remember — The Rock, the Prison, and the Voice of Perfect Mildness
Mormon 5 — Without Hope, Yet Faithful — Mormon Takes Up the Sword Again, and Writes the Record for Us and for Israel's Return
Moroni 8 — Little Children Are Alive in Christ — Mormon's Letter on the Mercy of God to the Innocent
Doctrine and Covenants 88 — The Olive Leaf
1 Kings 17 — The Word That Shuts Heaven — Elijah Appears, the Ravens of Cherith, the Widow's Last Meal, and the Soul That Came Back
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
Ezra 3 — The Altar Before the House — Worship Rebuilt on the Old Base, and the Shout That Could Not Be Told from Weeping
Genesis 5 — The Book of the Generations of Adam — the Likeness Handed Down, the Drumbeat of the Dying, the One Who Walked and Was Not, and the Son Named for Comfort
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
Nehemiah 4 — The Trowel and the Sword — Mockery, Conspiracy, and the Wall That Rose Anyway
Psalms 20 — Some Trust in Chariots — A Nation Prays for Its King on the Day of Battle

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Genesis 8:21 in context.