Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'over' occurs 1475 times in the standard works.

636 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'over' in the standard works and contain 43.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 254 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:25-28:5 (18 in 15 verses)

D&C 107:85-95 (12 in 11 verses)

2 Sam. 2:4-15 (12 in 12 verses)

Judg. 9:8-15 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 1:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Abr. 4:26-28 (8 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:7-13 (7 in 7 verses)

Neh. 3:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Deut. 1:13-15 (6 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 4:12-5:5 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 17:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 19:36-41 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 23:37-24:3 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 15:22-23 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 8:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:14-4:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:16-4:3 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 14:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 29:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 14:18-15:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 30:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 17:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 6:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:22-5:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 8:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Eccl. 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 24:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 35:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 1:50 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:32 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:48-49 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 27:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 12:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 27:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 15:18-16:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:39-51:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 51:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:60-62 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:136-138 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:51 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 26:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 12:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 5:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 108:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 62:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 42:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 39:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:35-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 41:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:52-63:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:41-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:30-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:133-134 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:140-141 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 886 916 1802
NT 122 159 281
BM 321 244 565
DC 110 81 191
PGP 36 22 58
TOTAL 1475 1422 2897

D&C 10:33
Thus Satan thinketh to overpower your testimony in this generation, that the work may not come forth in this generation.

D&C 20:80
Any member of the church of Christ transgressing, or being overtaken in a fault, shall be dealt with as the scriptures direct.

D&C 31:9
Be patient in afflictions, revile not against those that revile. Govern your house in meekness, and be steadfast.

D&C 38:9
Wherefore, gird up your loins and be prepared. Behold, the kingdom is yours, and the enemy shall not overcome.

D&C 38:36
And this shall be their work, to govern the affairs of the property of this church.

D&C 39:11
And if thou do this, I have prepared thee for a greater work. Thou shalt preach the fulness of my gospel, which I have sent forth in these last days, the covenant which I have sent forth to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel.

D&C 41:3
And by the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law, that ye may know how to govern my church and have all things right before me.

D&C 42:59
Thou shalt take the things which thou hast received, which have been given unto thee in my scriptures for a law, to be my law to govern my church;

D&C 45:2
And again I say, hearken unto my voice, lest death shall overtake you; in an hour when ye think not the summer shall be past, and the harvest ended, and your souls not saved.

D&C 45:31
And there shall be men standing in that generation, that shall not pass until they shall see an overflowing scourge; for a desolating sickness shall cover the land.

D&C 45:50
And calamity shall cover the mocker, and the scorner shall be consumed; and they that have watched for iniquity shall be hewn down and cast into the fire.

D&C 50:3
And also Satan hath sought to deceive you, that he might overthrow you.

D&C 50:8
But the hypocrites shall be detected and shall be cut off, either in life or in death, even as I will; and wo unto them who are cut off from my church, for the same are overcome of the world.

D&C 50:33
Not with railing accusation, that ye be not overcome, neither with boasting nor rejoicing, lest you be seized therewith.

D&C 50:35
And by giving heed and doing these things which ye have received, and which ye shall hereafter receive-- and the kingdom is given you of the Father, and power to overcome all things which are not ordained of him--

D&C 50:41
Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have overcome the world, and you are of them that my Father hath given me;

D&C 52:18
And again, he that is overcome and bringeth not forth fruits, even according to this pattern, is not of me.

D&C 61:9
But now, verily I say, it behooveth me that ye should part. Wherefore let my servants Sidney Gilbert and William W. Phelps take their former company, and let them take their journey in haste that they may fill their mission, and through faith they shall overcome;

D&C 63:20
Nevertheless, he that endureth in faith and doeth my will, the same shall overcome, and shall receive an inheritance upon the earth when the day of transfiguration shall come;

D&C 63:47
He that is faithful and endureth shall overcome the world.

D&C 63:66
These things remain to overcome through patience, that such may receive a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, otherwise, a greater condemnation. Amen.

D&C 64:2
For verily I say unto you, I will that ye should overcome the world; wherefore I will have compassion upon you.

D&C 64:21
I will not that my servant Frederick G. Williams should sell his farm, for I, the Lord, will to retain a strong hold in the land of Kirtland, for the space of five years, in the which I will not overthrow the wicked, that thereby I may save some.

D&C 66:9
Lay your hands upon the sick, and they shall recover. Return not till I, the Lord, shall send you. Be patient in affliction. Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

D&C 75:16
And he who is faithful shall overcome all things, and shall be lifted up at the last day.

D&C 75:22
And it shall be more tolerable for the heathen in the day of judgment, than for that house; therefore, gird up your loins and be faithful, and ye shall overcome all things, and be lifted up at the last day. Even so. Amen.

D&C 76:30
And we saw a vision of the sufferings of those with whom he made war and overcame, for thus came the voice of the Lord unto us:

D&C 76:31
Thus saith the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and suffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power--

D&C 76:53
And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true.

D&C 76:60
And they shall overcome all things.

D&C 76:107
When he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father, spotless, saying: I have overcome and have trodden the wine-press alone, even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.

D&C 84:28
For he was baptized while he was yet in his childhood, and was ordained by the angel of God at the time he was eight days old unto this power, to overthrow the kingdom of the Jews, and to make straight the way of the Lord before the face of his people, to prepare them for the coming of the Lord, in whose hand is given all power.

D&C 85:7
And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God;

D&C 88:13
The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things.

D&C 88:34
And again, verily I say unto you, that which is governed by law is also preserved by law and perfected and sanctified by the same.

D&C 88:40
For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own; justice continueth its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things.

D&C 88:106
And again, another angel shall sound his trump, which is the seventh angel, saying: It is finished; it is finished! The Lamb of God hath overcome and trodden the wine-press alone, even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.

D&C 88:115
For Michael shall fight their battles, and shall overcome him who seeketh the throne of him who sitteth upon the throne, even the Lamb.

D&C 90:36
But verily I say unto you, that I, the Lord, will contend with Zion, and plead with her strong ones, and chasten her until she overcomes and is clean before me.

D&C 101:23
And prepare for the revelation which is to come, when the veil of the covering of my temple, in my tabernacle, which hideth the earth, shall be taken off, and all flesh shall see me together.

D&C 101:45
And set watchmen round about them, and build a tower, that one may overlook the land round about, to be a watchman upon the tower, that mine olive trees may not be broken down when the enemy shall come to spoil and take upon themselves the fruit of my vineyard.

D&C 101:87
And if he heed them not, let them importune at the feet of the governor;

D&C 101:88
And if the governor heed them not, let them importune at the feet of the president;

D&C 102:8
Voted: that whenever any vacancy shall occur by the death, removal from office for transgression, or removal from the bounds of this church government, of any one of the above-named councilors, it shall be filled by the nomination of the president or presidents, and sanctioned by the voice of a general council of high priests, convened for that purpose, to act in the name of the church.

D&C 102:20
But should the remaining councilors, who have not spoken, or any one of them, after hearing the evidences and pleadings impartially, discover an error in the decision of the president, they can manifest it, and the case shall have a re-hearing.

D&C 106:4
And again, verily I say unto you, the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, and it overtaketh the world as a thief in the night--

D&C 106:5
Therefore, gird up your loins, that you may be the children of light, and that day shall not overtake you as a thief.

D&C 107:80
And after this decision it shall be had in remembrance no more before the Lord; for this is the highest council of the church of God, and a final decision upon controversies in spiritual matters.

D&C 107:83
And their decision upon his head shall be an end of controversy concerning him.

D&C 109:5
For thou knowest that we have done this work through great tribulation; and out of our poverty we have given of our substance to build a house to thy name, that the Son of Man might have a place to manifest himself to his people.

D&C 111:4
And it shall come to pass in due time that I will give this city into your hands, that you shall have power over it, insomuch that they shall not discover your secret parts; and its wealth pertaining to gold and silver shall be yours.

D&C 112:23
Verily, verily, I say unto you, darkness covereth the earth, and gross darkness the minds of the people, and all flesh has become corrupt before my face.

D&C 117:16
And again, verily I say unto you, let all my servants in the land of Kirtland remember the Lord their God, and mine house also, to keep and preserve it holy, and to overthrow the moneychangers in mine own due time, saith the Lord. Even so. Amen.

D&C 121:1
O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?

D&C 121:4
O Lord God Almighty, maker of heaven, earth, and seas, and of all things that in them are, and who controllest and subjectest the devil, and the dark and benighted dominion of Sheol-- stretch forth thy hand; let thine eye pierce; let thy pavilion be taken up; let thy hiding place no longer be covered; let thine ear be inclined; let thine heart be softened, and thy bowels moved with compassion toward us.

D&C 121:37
That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man.

D&C 123:6
That we may not only publish to all the world, but present them to the heads of government in all their dark and hellish hue, as the last effort which is enjoined on us by our Heavenly Father, before we can fully and completely claim that promise which shall call him forth from his hiding place; and also that the whole nation may be left without excuse before he can send forth the power of his mighty arm.

D&C 124:3
This proclamation shall be made to all the kings of the world, to the four corners thereof, to the honorable president-elect, and the high-minded governors of the nation in which you live, and to all the nations of the earth scattered abroad.

D&C 124:8
And that I may visit them in the day of visitation, when I shall unveil the face of my covering, to appoint the portion of the oppressor among hypocrites, where there is gnashing of teeth, if they reject my servants and my testimony which I have revealed unto them.

D&C 124:24
This house shall be a healthful habitation if it be built unto my name, and if the governor which shall be appointed unto it shall not suffer any pollution to come upon it. It shall be holy, or the Lord your God will not dwell therein.

D&C 124:30
For this ordinance belongeth to my house, and cannot be acceptable to me, only in the days of your poverty, wherein ye are not able to build a house unto me.

D&C 124:132
Namely, Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, George W. Harris, Charles C. Rich, Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, David Dort, Dunbar Wilson-- Seymour Brunson I have taken unto myself; no man taketh his priesthood, but another may be appointed unto the same priesthood in his stead; and verily I say unto you, let my servant Aaron Johnson be ordained unto this calling in his stead-- David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington.

D&C 124:143
The above offices I have given unto you, and the keys thereof, for helps and for governments, for the work of the ministry and the perfecting of my saints.

D&C 128:7
You will discover in this quotation that the books were opened; and another book was opened, which was the book of life; but the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works; consequently, the books spoken of must be the books which contained the record of their works, and refer to the records which are kept on the earth. And the book which was the book of life is the record which is kept in heaven; the principle agreeing precisely with the doctrine which is commanded you in the revelation contained in the letter which I wrote to you previous to my leaving my place-- that in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven.

D&C 133:69
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth their covering.

D&C 134:1
We believe that governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man; and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them, both in making laws and administering them, for the good and safety of society.

D&C 134:2
We believe that no government can exist in peace, except such laws are framed and held inviolate as will secure to each individual the free exercise of conscience, the right and control of property, and the protection of life.

D&C 134:3
We believe that all governments necessarily require civil officers and magistrates to enforce the laws of the same; and that such as will administer the law in equity and justice should be sought for and upheld by the voice of the people if a republic, or the will of the sovereign.

D&C 134:5
We believe that all men are bound to sustain and uphold the respective governments in which they reside, while protected in their inherent and inalienable rights by the laws of such governments; and that sedition and rebellion are unbecoming every citizen thus protected, and should be punished accordingly; and that all governments have a right to enact such laws as in their own judgments are best calculated to secure the public interest; at the same time, however, holding sacred the freedom of conscience.

D&C 134:7
We believe that rulers, states, and governments have a right, and are bound to enact laws for the protection of all citizens in the free exercise of their religious belief; but we do not believe that they have a right in justice to deprive citizens of this privilege, or proscribe them in their opinions, so long as a regard and reverence are shown to the laws and such religious opinions do not justify sedition nor conspiracy.

D&C 134:8
We believe that the commission of crime should be punished according to the nature of the offense; that murder, treason, robbery, theft, and the breach of the general peace, in all respects, should be punished according to their criminality and their tendency to evil among men, by the laws of that government in which the offense is committed; and for the public peace and tranquility all men should step forward and use their ability in bringing offenders against good laws to punishment.

D&C 134:9
We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of its members, as citizens, denied.

D&C 134:11
We believe that men should appeal to the civil law for redress of all wrongs and grievances, where personal abuse is inflicted or the right of property or character infringed, where such laws exist as will protect the same; but we believe that all men are justified in defending themselves, their friends, and property, and the government, from the unlawful assaults and encroachments of all persons in times of exigency, where immediate appeal cannot be made to the laws, and relief afforded.

D&C 134:12
We believe it just to preach the gospel to the nations of the earth, and warn the righteous to save themselves from the corruption of the world; but we do not believe it right to interfere with bond-servants, neither preach the gospel to, nor baptize them contrary to the will and wish of their masters, nor to meddle with or influence them in the least to cause them to be dissatisfied with their situations in this life, thereby jeopardizing the lives of men; such interference we believe to be unlawful and unjust, and dangerous to the peace of every government allowing human beings to be held in servitude.

D&C 135:2
John Taylor and Willard Richards, two of the Twelve, were the only persons in the room at the time; the former was wounded in a savage manner with four balls, but has since recovered; the latter, through the providence of God, escaped, without even a hole in his robe.

D&C 135:7
They were innocent of any crime, as they had often been proved before, and were only confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men; and their innocent blood on the floor of Carthage jail is a broad seal affixed to "Mormonism" that cannot be rejected by any court on earth, and their innocent blood on the escutcheon of the State of Illinois, with the broken faith of the State as pledged by the governor, is a witness to the truth of the everlasting gospel that all the world cannot impeach; and their innocent blood on the banner of liberty, and on the magna charta of the United States, is an ambassador for the religion of Jesus Christ, that will touch the hearts of honest men among all nations; and their innocent blood, with the innocent blood of all the martyrs under the altar that John saw, will cry unto the Lord of Hosts till he avenges that blood on the earth. Amen.

D&C 138:43
Moreover, Ezekiel, who was shown in vision the great valley of dry bones, which were to be clothed upon with flesh, to come forth again in the resurrection of the dead, living souls;