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Jeremiah 29:28

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

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Jeremiah 29:28

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

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1 Nephi 10 — The Coming Messiah, the Olive Tree in Seed, and the Doctrine of Personal Revelation
1 Nephi 15 — The Return to the Tent, the Olive Tree Explained, and Why the Heavens Seem Closed
2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do
2 Nephi 32 — Feast Upon the Words of Christ — Angels, the Holy Ghost, and the Doctrine of Pray Always
3 Nephi 23 — Search These Things Diligently — Great Are the Words of Isaiah
Alma 50 — The Happiest Time, and the Quarrel over a Border — Moroni's Peace and Morianton's Greed
Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation
Moroni 10 — Come unto Christ, and Be Perfected in Him — Moroni's Promise, and the Last Words of the Book of Mormon
Mosiah 7 — Ammon Finds the Lost Colony — The Bondage Pattern, the Slain Prophet, and the First Pre-Christian Christology Outside Benjamin
Mosiah 13 — Abinadi's Face Shines — The Decalogue Finished, the Law as Schoolmaster, and the God Himself Who Shall Come Down
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 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
1 Kings 22 — The Throne Above the Thrones — Four Hundred Prophets, One Micaiah, the Lying Spirit, and the Arrow That Kept the Word
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 18 — The Unequal Yoke — Jehoshaphat Joins Ahab, the Four Hundred Who Flattered, the One Who Told the Truth, and the Arrow Shot at a Venture
2 Chronicles 30 — The Passover of the Gathered and the Unclean — Hezekiah's Letters to the Remnant, the Mockers and the Humbled, and the Prayer That Weighed the Heart Above the Rite
2 Kings 22 — I Have Found the Book — the Boy King Who Walked Straight, the Scroll Lost Inside the Temple, the Clothes Torn at the Reading, and Huldah's Oracle of the Tender Heart
2 Kings 24 — According to the Word of the LORD — Nebuchadnezzar Comes Up, Jehoiachin Opens the Gates, Ten Thousand Go to Babylon, and a King Named Righteousness Takes a Tilting Throne
2 Kings 25 — The Ember in the Ashes — the Last Siege of Jerusalem, the Burning of the House of the LORD, the Long Road to Babylon, and the Son of David Who Ate Bread at the King's Table
Ezra 1 — The Word Fulfilled — Cyrus's Decree, the Stirred Spirit, the Freewill Return, and the Vessels Come Home
Ezra 6 — The House Finished — A Scroll Found in the Archive, a King Who Funds His Enemies' Work, and a Passover of Joy
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 42 — Now Mine Eye Seeth Thee — Job Repents by Encounter, God Vindicates His Servant Over the Friends, Job Prays for Those Who Wronged Him, and the Latter End Is Blessed More Than the Beginning
Psalms 24 — Clean Hands and a Pure Heart — Who May Climb the Hill of the LORD, and the King of Glory at the Gate
Psalms 40 — Lo, I Come — The Pit, the New Song, and the Son's Willing Offering
Abraham 1 — The Records of the Fathers — Olishem's Altar, the Rescuing Angel, and the Priesthood of the Fathers

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