6  By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the ^afear of the Lord men depart from evil.

  18  But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not ^aserve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

  29  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to ^aobey God rather than men.

  2  And it came to pass that when the proclamation had gone forth among them they were exceedingly afraid; yea, they feared to displease the king, and they also feared to go to battle against the Nephites lest they should lose their lives. And it came to pass that they would not, or the more part of them would not, obey the commandments of the king.