Ether 8:16 - Scripture Study Tools and Resources

Ether 8:16

16 And they were kept up by the ^apower of the devil to administer these oaths unto the people, to keep them in darkness, to help such as sought power to gain power, and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie, and to commit all manner of wickedness and whoredoms.

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a Moses 4:6

6 And Satan put it into the heart of the serpent, (for he had drawn away many after him,) and he sought also to beguile Eve, for he knew not the mind of God, wherefore he sought to destroy the world.

a Moses 5:13

13 And Satan came among them, saying: I am also a son of God; and he commanded them, saying: Believe it not; and they believed it not, and they loved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth to be carnal, sensual, and devilish.

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James E. Faust, GC, Mar. 2003
(Ether 8:8-22)

Ezra Taft Benson, GC, Apr. 1989
(Ether 8:9,16,22-23)

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This Verse	Nearby Verses		This Chapter

WORD		QTY
power		3
kept		1
sought		1
wickedness		1
manner		1
all		1
commit		1
lie		1
plunder		1
murder		1
gain		1
as		1
up		1
such		1
help		1
darkness		1
keep		1
people		1
oaths		1
administer		1
devil		1
whoredoms		1

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