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The pure in heart receive the pleasing word of God—Lamanite righteousness exceeds that of the Nephites—Jacob warns against fornication, lasciviousness, and every sin. About 544–421 B.C.
But
behold,
I,
Jacob,
would
speak
unto
you
that
are
pure
in
heart.
Look
unto
God
with
firmness
of
mind,
and
a
pray
unto
him
with
exceeding
faith,
and
he
will
b
console
you
in
your
c
afflictions,
and
he
will
plead
your
cause,
and
send
down
d
justice
upon
those
who
seek
your
destruction.
2 O
all
ye
that
are
pure
in
heart,
lift
up
your
heads
and
receive
the
pleasing
word
of
God,
and
feast
upon
his
a
love;
for
ye
may,
if
your
b
minds
are
c
firm,
forever.
3 But,
wo,
wo,
unto
you
that
are
not
pure
in
heart,
that
are
filthy
this
day
before
God;
for
except
ye
repent
the
land
is
a
cursed
for
your
sakes;
and
the
Lamanites,
which
are
not
b
filthy
like
unto
you,
nevertheless
they
are
c
cursed
with
a
sore
cursing,
shall
scourge
you
even
unto
destruction.
4 And
the
time
speedily
cometh,
that
except
ye
repent
they
shall
possess
the
land
of
your
inheritance,
and
the
Lord
God
will
a
lead
away
the
righteous
out
from
among
you.
5 Behold,
the
Lamanites
your
brethren,
whom
ye
hate
because
of
their
filthiness
and
the
cursing
which
hath
come
upon
their
skins,
are
more
righteous
than
you;
for
they
have
not
a
forgotten
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
which
was
given
unto
our
father—that
they
should
have
save
it
were
b
one
wife,
and
c
concubines
they
should
have
none,
and
there
should
not
be
d
whoredoms
committed
among
them.
6 And
now,
this
commandment
they
observe
to
keep;
wherefore,
because
of
this
observance,
in
keeping
this
commandment,
the
Lord
God
will
not
destroy
them,
but
will
be
a
merciful
unto
them;
and
one
day
they
shall
b
become
a
blessed
people.
7 Behold,
their
a
husbands
b
love
their
c
wives,
and
their
wives
love
their
husbands;
and
their
husbands
and
their
wives
love
their
children;
and
their
d
unbelief
and
their
hatred
towards
you
is
because
of
the
iniquity
of
their
fathers;
wherefore,
how
much
better
are
you
than
they,
in
the
sight
of
your
great
Creator?
8 O
my
brethren,
I
fear
that
unless
ye
shall
repent
of
your
sins
that
their
skins
will
be
a
whiter
than
yours,
when
ye
shall
be
brought
with
them
before
the
throne
of
God.
9 Wherefore,
a
commandment
I
give
unto
you,
which
is
the
word
of
God,
that
ye
a
revile
no
more
against
them
because
of
the
darkness
of
their
skins;
neither
shall
ye
revile
against
them
because
of
their
filthiness;
but
ye
shall
remember
your
own
filthiness,
and
remember
that
their
filthiness
came
because
of
their
fathers.
10 Wherefore,
ye
shall
remember
your
a
children,
how
that
ye
have
grieved
their
hearts
because
of
the
b
example
that
ye
have
set
before
them;
and
also,
remember
that
ye
may,
because
of
your
filthiness,
bring
your
children
unto
destruction,
and
their
sins
be
heaped
upon
your
heads
at
the
last
day.
11 O
my
brethren,
hearken
unto
my
words;
a
arouse
the
faculties
of
your
souls;
shake
yourselves
that
ye
may
b
awake
from
the
slumber
of
death;
and
loose
yourselves
from
the
pains
of
c
hell
that
ye
may
not
become
d
angels
to
the
devil,
to
be
cast
into
that
lake
of
fire
and
brimstone
which
is
the
second
e
death.
12 And
now
I,
Jacob,
spake
many
more
things
unto
the
people
of
Nephi,
a
warning
them
against
b
fornication
and
c
lasciviousness,
and
every
kind
of
sin,
telling
them
the
awful
consequences
of
them.
13 And
a
hundredth
part
of
the
proceedings
of
this
people,
which
now
began
to
be
numerous,
cannot
be
written
upon
a
these
plates;
but
many
of
their
proceedings
are
written
upon
the
b
larger
plates,
and
their
wars,
and
their
contentions,
and
the
reigns
of
their
kings.
14
a
These
plates
are
called
the
plates
of
Jacob,
and
they
were
b
made
by
the
hand
of
Nephi.
And
I
make
an
end
of
speaking
these
words.
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