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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 11
Zophar asks: Canst thou by searching find out God? He says the hope of the wicked shall be as the
giving up of the ghost.
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1 THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is apure, and I am
clean in thine eyes.
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4a
2 Ne. 9:47
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5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double
to that which is! Know therefore that God aexacteth of thee less than thine
iniquity deserveth.
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
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6a
D&C 38:14
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8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
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11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 For avain man would be wise, though man be born like
a wild ass's colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not
awickedness dwella in thy
btabernacles.
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14a let not wickedness dwell The path out from wickedness
is marked by the steps of repentance and forgiveness. Recognition and confession being a part of them,
and putting away the wickedness and turning all together there from. It is in finding the grace and the mercy
of the Lord's atoning sacrifice and his forgiveness and then also to forgive your own self. And depending
upon the transgression other steps as well if possible may apply such as restitution and obtaining the
forgiveness of who may have been transgressed against. But the way is well marked and it is through the
Lord that it must pass to be reconciled betwix man and God.
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12a
2 Ne. 9:28
14a
Alma 38:8
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HEB tents
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15 For then shalt thou lift up thy aface without spot; yea,
thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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15a
Job 22:26 (23, 26-27)
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18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But the eyes of the awicked shall fail, and they shall not
escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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20a
D&C 122:9
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