Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'before' occurs 2535 times in the standard works.

897 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'before' in the standard works and contain 35.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 377 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 32:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 27:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

Deut. 8:20-9:5 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 19:14-19 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 11:15-12:3 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 23:27-31 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 4:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 26:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 6:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 6:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 4:32-33 (5 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:69-71 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 4:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Luke 12:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 9:24-10:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 8:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Zeph. 2:2 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 14:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Micah 6:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 5:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Moses 3:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 13:21-14:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 16:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 3:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 27:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 17:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 10:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:62-65 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 13:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 34:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 68:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 6:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 7:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:52-55 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 14:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 133:54 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:24-20:1 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:15-10:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 22:29-23:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 33:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 20:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 6:25-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:23-5:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 14:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 6:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:168-170 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 21:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 7:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:21-11:1 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 31:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 142:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 11:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:47 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 25:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:27 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 68:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 123:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:52-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:33-15:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 88:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 141:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:13-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:75-76 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 22:30-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:24-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:89-90 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1503 10 1513
NT 293 6 299
BM 433 4 437
DC 254 1 255
PGP 52 0 52
Moses 25 0 25
Abr. 9 0 9
JS-M 5 0 5
JS-H 13 0 13
TOTAL 2535 21 2556

Moses 1:10
And it came to pass that it was for the space of many hours before Moses did again receive his natural strength like unto man; and he said unto himself: Now, for this cause I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed.

Moses 1:11
But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural, but my spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died in his presence; but his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured before him.

Moses 1:14
For behold, I could not look upon God, except his glory should come upon me, and I were transfigured before him. But I can look upon thee in the natural man. Is it not so, surely?

Moses 3:5
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth. For I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth. And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men; and not yet a man to till the ground; for in heaven created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the water, neither in the air;

Moses 3:7
And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also; nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made according to my word.

Moses 4:1
And I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying-- Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.

Moses 5:24
For from this time forth thou shalt be the father of his lies; thou shalt be called Perdition; for thou wast also before the world.

Moses 5:26
And Cain was wroth, and listened not any more to the voice of the Lord, neither to Abel, his brother, who walked in holiness before the Lord.

Moses 5:27
And Adam and his wife mourned before the Lord, because of Cain and his brethren.

Moses 5:57
For they would not hearken unto his voice, nor believe on his Only Begotten Son, even him whom he declared should come in the meridian of time, who was prepared from before the foundation of the world.

Moses 6:31
And when Enoch had heard these words, he bowed himself to the earth, before the Lord, and spake before the Lord, saying: Why is it that I have found favor in thy sight, and am but a lad, and all the people hate me; for I am slow of speech; wherefore am I thy servant?

Moses 6:34
Behold my Spirit is upon you, wherefore all thy words will I justify; and the mountains shall flee before you, and the rivers shall turn from their course; and thou shalt abide in me, and I in you; therefore walk with me.

Moses 6:51
And he called upon our father Adam by his own voice, saying: I am God; I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh.

Moses 7:4
And I saw the Lord; and he stood before my face, and he talked with me, even as a man talketh one with another, face to face; and he said unto me: Look, and I will show unto thee the world for the space of many generations.

Moses 7:23
And after that Zion was taken up into heaven, Enoch beheld, and lo, all the nations of the earth were before him;

Moses 7:31
And thou hast taken Zion to thine own bosom, from all thy creations, from all eternity to all eternity; and naught but peace, justice, and truth is the habitation of thy throne; and mercy shall go before thy face and have no end; how is it thou canst weep?

Moses 7:39
And that which I have chosen hath pled before my face. Wherefore, he suffereth for their sins; inasmuch as they will repent in the day that my Chosen shall return unto me, and until that day they shall be in torment;

Moses 7:61
And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;

Moses 7:66
But before that day he saw great tribulations among the wicked; and he also saw the sea, that it was troubled, and men's hearts failing them, looking forth with fear for the judgments of the Almighty God, which should come upon the wicked.

Moses 8:21
And also, after that they had heard him, they came up before him, saying: Behold, we are the sons of God; have we not taken unto ourselves the daughters of men? And are we not eating and drinking, and marrying and giving in marriage? And our wives bear unto us children, and the same are mighty men, which are like unto men of old, men of great renown. And they hearkened not unto the words of Noah.

Moses 8:28
The earth was corrupt before God, and it was filled with violence.

Moses 8:30
And God said unto Noah: The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is filled with violence, and behold I will destroy all flesh from off the earth.

Abr. 1:3
It was conferred upon me from the fathers; it came down from the fathers, from the beginning of time, yea, even from the beginning, or before the foundation of the earth, down to the present time, even the right of the firstborn, or the first man, who is Adam, or first father, through the fathers unto me.

Abr. 1:13
It was made after the form of a bedstead, such as was had among the Chaldeans, and it stood before the gods of Elkenah, Libnah, Mahmackrah, Korash, and also a god like unto that of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

Abr. 3:12
And he said unto me: My son, my son (and his hand was stretched out), behold I will show you all these. And he put his hand upon mine eyes, and I saw those things which his hands had made, which were many; and they multiplied before mine eyes, and I could not see the end thereof.

Abr. 3:15
And the Lord said unto me: Abraham, I show these things unto thee before ye go into Egypt, that ye may declare all these words.

Abr. 3:18
Howbeit that he made the greater star; as, also, if there be two spirits, and one shall be more intelligent than the other, yet these two spirits, notwithstanding one is more intelligent than the other, have no beginning; they existed before, they shall have no end, they shall exist after, for they are gnolaum, or eternal.

Abr. 3:22
Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;

Abr. 3:23
And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.

Abr. 5:5
According to all that which they had said concerning every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for the Gods had not caused it to rain upon the earth when they counseled to do them, and had not formed a man to till the ground.

JS-M 1:18
For then, in those days, shall be great tribulation on the Jews, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, such as was not before sent upon Israel, of God, since the beginning of their kingdom until this time; no, nor ever shall be sent again upon Israel.

JS-M 1:24
Behold, I have told you before;

JS-M 1:36
And, as I said before, after the tribulation of those days, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory;

JS-M 1:37
And whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived, for the Son of Man shall come, and he shall send his angels before him with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together the remainder of his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

JS-M 1:42
For it shall be with them, as it was in the days which were before the flood; for until the day that Noah entered into the ark they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage;

JS-H 1:16
But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction-- not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being-- just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.

JS-H 1:21
Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.

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However, it was nevertheless a fact that I had beheld a vision. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense before King Agrippa, and related the account of the vision he had when he saw a light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who believed him; some said he was dishonest, others said he was mad; and he was ridiculed and reviled. But all this did not destroy the reality of his vision. He had seen a vision, he knew he had, and all the persecution under heaven could not make it otherwise; and though they should persecute him unto death, yet he knew, and would know to his latest breath, that he had both seen a light and heard a voice speaking unto him, and all the world could not make him think or believe otherwise.

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In consequence of these things, I often felt condemned for my weakness and imperfections; when, on the evening of the above-mentioned twenty-first of September, after I had retired to my bed for the night, I betook myself to prayer and supplication to Almighty God for forgiveness of all my sins and follies, and also for a manifestation to me, that I might know of my state and standing before him; for I had full confidence in obtaining a divine manifestation, as I previously had one.

JS-H 1:38
And again, he quoted the fifth verse thus: Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

JS-H 1:43
After this communication, I saw the light in the room begin to gather immediately around the person of him who had been speaking to me, and it continued to do so until the room was again left dark, except just around him; when, instantly I saw, as it were, a conduit open right up into heaven, and he ascended till he entirely disappeared, and the room was left as it had been before this heavenly light had made its appearance.

JS-H 1:45
He commenced, and again related the very same things which he had done at his first visit, without the least variation; which having done, he informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth, with great desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation. Having related these things, he again ascended as he had done before.

JS-H 1:46
By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in astonishment at what I had both seen and heard. But what was my surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father's family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom; otherwise I could not get them.

JS-H 1:47
After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before, and I was again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just experienced; when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ascended from me for the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day was approaching, so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of that night.

JS-H 1:49
The first thing that I can recollect was a voice speaking unto me, calling me by name. I looked up, and beheld the same messenger standing over my head, surrounded by light as before. He then again related unto me all that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me to go to my father and tell him of the vision and commandments which I had received.

JS-H 1:60
I soon found out the reason why I had received such strict charges to keep them safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that when I had done what was required at my hand, he would call for them. For no sooner was it known that I had them, than the most strenuous exertions were used to get them from me. Every stratagem that could be invented was resorted to for that purpose. The persecution became more bitter and severe than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to get them from me if possible. But by the wisdom of God, they remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.

JS-H 1:64
"I went to the city of New York, and presented the characters which had been translated, with the translation thereof, to Professor Charles Anthon, a gentleman celebrated for his literary attainments. Professor Anthon stated that the translation was correct, more so than any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian. I then showed him those which were not yet translated, and he said that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic; and he said they were true characters. He gave me a certificate, certifying to the people of Palmyra that they were true characters, and that the translation of such of them as had been translated was also correct. I took the certificate and put it into my pocket, and was just leaving the house, when Mr. Anthon called me back, and asked me how the young man found out that there were gold plates in the place where he found them. I answered that an angel of God had revealed it unto him.

JS-H 1:74
Our minds being now enlightened, we began to have the scriptures laid open to our understandings, and the true meaning and intention of their more mysterious passages revealed unto us in a manner which we never could attain to previously, nor ever before had thought of. In the meantime we were forced to keep secret the circumstances of having received the Priesthood and our having been baptized, owing to a spirit of persecution which had already manifested itself in the neighborhood.