5a And again, we bear record for we saw and heard, and this is the testimony of the gospel of Christ, concerning them who come forth in the resurrection of the just:
5b They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name, and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given, that by keeping the commandments, they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins,
5c and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power;
5d and who overcome by faith, and are sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true;
5e they are they who are the church of the Firstborn;
5f they are they into whose hands the Father has given all things:
5g they are they who are priests and kings, who have received of his fullness, and of his glory, and are priests of the Most High after the order of Melchisedec, which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten Son;
5h wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God; wherefore all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs, and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's; and they shall overcome all things;
5i wherefore let no man glory in man, but rather let him glory in God, who shall subdue all enemies under his feet;
5j these shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ forever and ever;
5k these are they whom he shall bring with him, when he shall come in the clouds of heaven, to reign on the earth over his people;
5l these are they who shall have part in the first resurrection;
5m these are they who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just;
5n these are they who are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all;
5o these are they who have come to an innumerable company of angels; to the general assembly and church of Enoch, and of the Firstborn;
5p these are they whose names are written in heaven, where God and Christ are the judge of all;
5q these are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own blood;
5r these are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God the highest of all; whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.
6a And again, we saw the terrestrial world, and, behold, and lo;
6b these are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that of the church of the Firstborn, who have received the fullness of the Father, even as that of the moon differs from the sun of the firmament.
6c Behold, these are they who died without law; and also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son visited, and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, who received not the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it;
6d these are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men;
6e these are they who receive of his glory, but not of his fullness;
6f these are they who receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the fullness of the Father; wherefore they are bodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun;
6g these are they who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus; wherefore they obtained not the crown over the kingdom of our God.
6h And now this is the end of the vision which we saw of the terrestrial, that the Lord commanded us to write while we were yet in the Spirit.
7a And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament;
7b these are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus;
7c these are they who deny not the Holy Spirit;
7d these are they who are thrust down to hell;
7e these are they who shall not be redeemed from the Devil, until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work;
7f these are they who receive not of his fullness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial; and the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial: and also the telestial receive it of the administering of angels, who are appointed to minister for them, or who are appointed to be ministering spirits for them, for they shall be heirs of salvation.
7g And thus we saw in the heavenly vision, the glory of the telestial which surpasses all understanding; and no man knows it except him to whom God has revealed it.
7h And thus we saw the glory of the terrestrial, which excels in all things the glory of the telestial, even in glory, and in power, and in might, and in dominion.
7i And thus we saw the glory of the celestial, which excels in all things; where God, even the Father, reigns upon his throne forever and ever, before whose throne all things bow in humble reverence and give him glory forever and ever.
7j They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fullness and of his grace; and he makes them equal in power, and in might, and in dominion.
7k And the glory of the celestial is one, even as the glory of the sun is one. And the glory of the terrestrial is one, even as the glory of the moon is one.
7l And the glory of the telestial is one, even as the glory of the stars is one, for as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs one from another in glory in the telestial world; for these are they who are of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas;
7m these are they who say they are some of one and some of another, some of Christ, and some of John, and some of Moses, and some of Elias; and some of Esais, and some of Isaiah, and some of Enoch, but received not the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither the prophets; neither the everlasting covenant;
7n last of all, these all are they who will not be gathered with the saints, to be caught up unto the church of the Firstborn, and received into the cloud;
7o these are they who are liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and whoremongers, and whosoever loves and makes a lie;
7p these are they who suffer the wrath of God on the earth;
7q these are they who suffer the vengeance of eternal fire;
7r these are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God until the fullness of times, when Christ shall have subdued all enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work, when he shall deliver up the kingdom and present it unto the Father spotless, saying:
7s I have overcome and have trodden the winepress alone, even the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God; then shall he be crowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the throne of his power to reign forever and ever.
7t But, behold, and lo, we saw the glory and the inhabitants of the telestial world, that they were as innumerable as the stars in the firmament of heaven, or as the sand upon the seashore, and heard the voice of the Lord saying:
7u These all shall bow the knee, and every tongue shall confess to him who sits upon the throne forever and ever;
7v for they shall be judged according to their works; and every man shall receive according to his own works, and his own dominion, in the mansions which are prepared, and they shall be servants of the Most High, but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come, worlds without end.
7w This is the end of the vision which we saw, which we were commanded to write while we were yet in the Spirit.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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• Genesis 6:35
  
  Say unto this people, choose ye this day to serve the Lord God who made you.
• Genesis 7:40
  
  And in the garden of Eden gave I unto man his agency; and unto thy brethren have I said, and also gave commandment, that they should love one another; and that they should choose me their Father.
• Deuteronomy 30:15-20
  
  15See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
  16 In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply; and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
  17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
  18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
  19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live;
  20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
• Joshua 24:15
  
  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
• Psalm 34:11-16
  
  11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
  12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good.
  13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
  14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
  15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
  16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
• Psalm 37:27-29
  
  27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell forevermore.
  28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved forever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
  29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.
• Isaiah 65:12-15
  
  12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
  13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed.
  14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
  15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name;
• Ezekiel 18:4-20
  
  4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
  5But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
  6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
  7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
  8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
  9Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
  10If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
  11And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
  12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
  13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
  14Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
  15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
  16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
  17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
  18As for his father, because he because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
  19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
  20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son:...
• Ezekiel 18:20-32
  
  20...the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
  21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
  23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
  24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die
  25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
  26When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
  27Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
  28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
  30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
  31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
  32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
• 1^st Nephi 3:33-34
  
  33Therefore remember, O man, for all thy doings thou shalt be brought into judgment.
  34 Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation, then ye are found unclean before the judgment seat of God;
• 1^st Nephi 4:52
  
  For the day should come that they must be judged of their works, yea, even the works which were done by the temporal body in their days of probation
• 2^nd Nephi 1:107-108
  
  107 And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh;
  108Wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord God gave unto the children of men
• 2^nd Nephi 6:56
  
  But wo unto him that has the law given; yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation; for awful is his state
• 2^nd Nephi 15:10
  
  But behold, for none of these can I hope, except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the straight path, which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation
• Alma 9:41
  
  Therefore this life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God; a time to prepare for that endless state, which has been spoken of by us, which is after the resurrection of the dead
• Alma 19:84
  
  And thus we see, that there was a time granted unto man, to repent, yea, a probationary time, a time to repent and serve God
• Helaman 5:51
  
  But behold, your days of probation are past: ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation, until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure;
• Mormon 4:94
  
  Be wise in the days of your probation; strip yourselves of all uncleanness; ask not, that ye may consume it on your lusts, but ask with a firmness unshaken, that ye will yield to no temptation, but that ye will serve the true and living God.
• Doctrine and Covenants 28:12a-c
  
  12a But, behold, I say unto you, that I, the Lord God, gave unto Adam and unto his seed, that they should not die as to the temporal death, until I, the Lord God, should send forth angels to declare unto them repentance and redemption through faith on the name of mine Only Begotten Son;
  12band thus did I, the Lord God, appoint unto man the days of his probation;
  12c that by his natural death, he might be raised in immortality unto eternal life, even as many as would believe, and they that believe not, unto eternal damnation;

• Genesis 7:1
  
  And it came to pass, that Enoch continued his speech, saying, Behold, our father Adam taught these things, and many have believed, and become the sons of God; and many have believed not, and have perished in their sins, and are looking forth with fear, in torment, for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God to be poured out upon them.
• Genesis 50:24
  
  And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die, and go unto my fathers; and I go down to my grave with joy. The God of my father Jacob be with you, to deliver you out of affliction in the days of your bondage; for the Lord hath visited me, and I have obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of my loins, the Lord God will raise up a righteous branch out of my loins; and unto thee, whom my father Jacob hath named Israel, a prophet; (not the Messiah who is called Shilo;) and this prophet shall deliver my people out of Egypt in the days of thy bondage.
• 1^st Samuel 2:6
  
  The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up
• 2^nd Samuel 22:4-7
  
  4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
  5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
  6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me.
  7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God; and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
• 1^st Kings 2:5-9
  
  5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
  6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
  7 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
  8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
  9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
• Job 14:10-13
  
  10 But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
  11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up;
  12 So man lieth down, and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
  13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
• Job 17:13-16
  
  13If I wait, the grave is mine house; I have made my bed in the darkness
  14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
  15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
  16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
• Job 24:19-20
  
  19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the grave those which have sinned
  20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
• Psalm 6:5
  
  For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in the grave who shall give thee thanks
• Hosea 13:14
  
  I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death; O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction; repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
• Hebrews 9:27
  
  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment
• John 8:24
  
  I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
• 2^nd Nephi 6:24-32
  
  24 O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster;
  25 Yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
  26 And because of the way of deliverance of our God the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead, which death is the grave.
  27 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell;
  28 Wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits,
  29 And the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored, one to the other;
  30 And it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.
  31 O how great the plan of our God! For on the other hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the bodies of the righteous;
  32 And the spirit and the body is restored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us, in the flesh;
• Alma 9:46
  
  44 And now behold, if it were possible that our first parents could have gone forth and partaken of the tree of life, they would have been for ever miserable, having no preparatory state;
  45 And thus the plan of redemption would have been frustrated, and the word of God would have been void, taking none effect.
  46 But behold, it was not so; but it was appointed unto man that they must die; and after death, they must come to judgment; even that same judgment of which we have spoken, which is the end.

• Matthew 8:11-12
  
  11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east, and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
  12 But the children of the wicked one shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 10:28
  
  Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven
• Matthew 22:11-14
  
  11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not a wedding garment.
  12 And he said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
  13 Then said the king unto his servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take and cast him away into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  14 For many are called, but few chosen; wherefore all do not have on the wedding garment.
• Matthew 25:29-31
  
  29 For unto every one who hath obtained other talents, shall be given, and he shall have in abundance.
  30But from him that hath not obtained other talents, shall be taken away even that which he hath received.
  31 And his lord shall say unto his servants, Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• John 5:22, 27, 30
  
  22For the Father judgeth no man; but hath committed all judgment unto the Son;
  23 That all should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him.
  24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He who heareth my word, and believeth on him who sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death into life.
  25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they who hear shall live.
  26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
  27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of Man.
  28 Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in the which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice.
  29And shall come forth; they who have done good, in the resurrection of the just; and they who have done evil, in the resurrection of the unjust.
  30And shall all be judged of the Son of Man. For as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just;
• Romans 3:5-6
  
  5 But if we remain in our unrighteousness and commend the righteousness of God, how dare we say, God is unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man who fears God,)
  6 God forbid; for then how shall God judge the world?
• Romans 14:10-12
  
  10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at naught thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
  11 For I live, saith the Lord, as it is written. And every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall swear to God.
  12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• Alma 17:13
  
  O, thought I, that I could be banished and become extinct both soul and body, that I might not be brought to stand in the presence of my God, to be judged of my deeds
• Alma 19:43-47
  
  43 Behold, it has been made known unto me, by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body; yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.
  44 And then shall it come to pass that the spirits of those who are righteous, are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise; a state of rest; a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles, and from all care, and sorrow, etc.
  45 And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of the wicked, yea, who are evil; for behold, they have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the Lord: for behold they choose evil works, rather than good: therefore the spirit of the devil did enter into them, and take possession of their house;
  46 And these shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping, and wailing and gnashing of teeth; and this because of their own iniquity; being led captive by the will of the devil.
  47 Now this is the state of the souls of the wicked; yea, in darkness, and a state of awful, fearful, looking for, of the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them; thus they remain in this state, as well as the righteous in paradise, until the time of their resurrection.
• 3rd Nephi 11:32-33
  
  32 And even unto the great and last day, when all people, and all kindreds, and all nations and tongues shall stand before God, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil;
  33If they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation, being on a parallel, the one on the one hand, and the other on the other hand, according to the mercy, and the justice, and the holiness which is in Christ, who was before the world began.

• In the Old Testament, hell, the grave and the pit have all been translated from the same Hebrew word:
  

  7585
  שְׁאוֹל
  sheh-ole'
  or שְׁאֹל {sheh-ole'}; from 'sha'al' (7592); Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates:--grave, hell, pit.

  Therefore in the original language they all have a common meaning. Greek influence changed the conception of the afterlife and so the different concepts of hell, the grave and the pit were applied by the translators as seemed appropriate to them.

  If you look at the root word 7592 you will see that the word שְׁאוֹל comes from a primitive root word meaning to inquire.

  7592
  Sha'al
  shaw-al'
  or shael {shaw-ale'}; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand:--ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.

  Following the meaning of the original hebrew word שְׁאוֹל, using the root word context of "an inquiry", all of the following useage in the Old Testament of hell, the grave and the pit are a place where one goes down into the ground for an inquiry.

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• Genesis 37:35
  And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
• Genesis 42:38
  And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
• Genesis 44:29
  And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
• Genesis 44:31
  It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
• Numbers 16:30
  But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
• Numbers 16:33
  They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them; and they perished from among the congregation.
• Deuteronomy 32:22
  For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• 1^st Samuel 2:6
  The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
• 2^nd Samuel 22:6
  The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me.
• 1^st Kings 2:6
  Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
• 1^st Kings 2:9
  Now therefore hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
• Job 7:9
  As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
• Job 11:8
  It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
• Job 14:13
  Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
• Job 17:13
  If I wait, the grave is mine house; I have made my bed in the darkness.
• Job 17:16
  They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
• Job 21:13
  They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
• Job 24:19
  Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the grave those which have sinned.
• Job 26:6
  Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
• Psalm 6:5
  For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
• Psalm 9:17
  The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
• Psalm 16:10
  For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Psalm 18:5
  The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me.
• Psalm 30:3
  O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
• Psalm 31:17
  Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee; let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
• Psalm 49:14
  Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
• Psalm 49:15
  But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me. Selah.
• Psalm 55:15
  Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell; for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
• Psalm 86:13
  For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
• Psalm 88:3
  For my soul is full of troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
• Psalm 89:48
  What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
• Psalm 115:17
  The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
• Psalm 116:3
  The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.
• Psalm 139:8
  If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
• Proverbs 1:12
  Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
• Proverbs 5:5
  Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
• Proverbs 7:27
  Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
• Proverbs 9:18
  But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• Proverbs 15:11
  Hell and destruction are before the Lord; how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
• Proverbs 23:14
  Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
• Proverbs 27:20
  Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
• Proverbs 30:16
  The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Isaiah 5:14 / 2^nd Nephi 8:84
  Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
• Isaiah 14:9-15 / 2nd Nephi 10:31-37
  9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
  10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
  11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
  12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
  13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;
  14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
  15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. Isaiah 14:9-15; 2nd Nephi 10:31-37
• Isaiah 28:15
  Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves;
• Isaiah 28:18
  And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
• Isaiah 38:10
  I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave; I am deprived of the residue of my years.
• Isaiah 38:18
  For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
• Isaiah 57:9
  And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
• Ezekiel 31:15
  Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
• Ezekiel 31:16
  I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
• Ezekiel 31:17
  They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
• Ezekiel 32:21
  The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
• Ezekiel 32:27
  And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
• Hosea 13:14
  I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death; O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction; repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
• Amos 9:2
  Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down;
• Jonah 2:2
  And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
• Habakkuk 2:5
  Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people;

• In the New Testament, the Greek word Hades is used to convey the concepts of the Hebrew word Sheol.

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• Matthew 11:25
  And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell; for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
• Matthew 16:19
  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Luke 10:16
  And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shall be cast down to hell.
• Luke 16:28
  And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Acts 2:27
  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in prison, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Acts 2:31
  He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
• 1^st Corinthians 15:55
  O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
• Revelation 1:18
  I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Revelation 6:8
  And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
• Revelation 20:13
  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works.
• Revelation 20:14
  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

• The Book of Mormon has it's foundation in the hebrew learning of the Old Testament (1^st Nephi 1:1). It is therefore reasonable to assume that the some of the words translated hell, the grave and the pit, when used in the same context, come from the same root and carry the same meaning as they do in the Old Teatament.

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• 1^st Nephi 3:124
  And the angel spake unto me, saying, Behold the fountain of filthy water which thy father saw; yea, even the river of which he spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of hell;
• 1^st Nephi 3:206-207
  206 And that great pit which hath been digged for them by that great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell;
  207 Yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men, shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God;
• 1^st Nephi 4:47
  And I said unto them, that it was a representation of that awful hell, which the angel said unto me was prepared for the wicked.
• 2^nd Nephi 3:54
  May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite?
• 2^nd Nephi 6:25-29
  25 Yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
  26 And because of the way of deliverance of our God the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead, which death is the grave.
  27 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell;
  28 Wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits,
  29 And the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored, one to the other;
• 2^nd Nephi 8:84 / Isaiah 5:14
  Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
• 2nd Nephi 10:31-37 / Isaiah 14:9-15
  31Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
  32 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?
  33 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols is not heard: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
  34 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!
  35 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;
  36 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
  37 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

  2nd Nephi 10:31-37; Isaiah 14:9-15
• 2^nd Nephi 11:76
  For because they yield unto the devil, and choose works of darkness rather than light; therefore they must go down to hell, for the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man.
• 2^nd Nephi 12:7
  I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.
• Jacob 2:64-65
  64 O my brethren, hearken unto my word; arouse the faculties of your soul; shake yourselves, that ye may awake from the slumber of death;
  65 And loose yourselves from the pains of hell, that ye may not become angels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
• Jacob 5:32
  And he spake of hell, and of eternity, and of eternal punishment.
• Mosiah 8:80-81
  80 And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death, that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.
  81 But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.
  See also 1^st Corinthians 15:54-56
• Alma 3:10
  10 And moreover, have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance that he has delivered their souls from hell?
  11 Behold, he changed their hearts; yea, he awaked them out of a deep sleep, and they awoke unto God.
  12 Behold they were in the midst of darkness; nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by the light of the everlasting word;
  13 Yea, they were encircled about by the bands of death, and the chains of hell, and an everlasting destruction did await them.
  14 And now I ask of you my brethren, Were they destroyed?
  15 Behold, I say unto you, Nay, they were not.
  16 And again I ask, Were the bands of death broken, and the chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed?
  17 I say unto you, Yea, they were loosed, and their souls did expand, and they did sing redeeming love.
  18 And I say unto you that they are saved.
  19 And now I ask of you on what conditions are they saved? Yea, what grounds had they to hope for salvation?
  20 What is the cause of their being loosed from the bands of death? Yea, and also, the chains of hell?
• Alma 9:19-21
  19 And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser portion of the word, until they know nothing concerning his mysteries;
  20 And then they are taken captive by the devil, and led by his will down to destruction.
  21 Now this is what is meant by the chains of hell; and Amulek hath spoken plainly concerning death, and being raised from this mortality to a state of immortality, and being brought before the bar of God, to be judged according to our works.
• Alma 10:30
  And may the Lord grant unto you repentance, that ye may not bring down his wrath upon you, that ye may not be bound down by the chains of hell, that ye may not suffer the second death.
• Alma 12:169-170
  169 And it came to pass that she went and took the queen by the hand, that perhaps she might raise her from the ground: and as soon as she touched her hand, she arose and stood upon her feet, and cried with a loud voice, saying,
  170 O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy upon this people.
• Alma 13:47
  And that he breaketh the bands of death, that the grave shall have no victory, and that the sting of death should be swallowed up in the hopes of glory: and Aaron did expound all these things unto the king.
  See also 1^st Corinthians 15:54-56
• Alma 14:93
  93 Behold, how many thousand of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love; and this because of the power of his word which is in us; therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?
  94 Yea, we have reason to praise him for ever, for he is the most high God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.
  95 Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction; but behold, he has brought them into his everlasting light, yea, into everlasting salvation; and they are encircled about with the matchless bounty of his love:
• Alma 16:77
  And thus we see the end of him who perverteth the ways of the Lord; and thus we see that the devil will not support his children at the last day, but doth speedily drag them down to hell.
• Alma 17:10
  But I was racked with eternal torment, for my soul was harrowed up to the greatest degree, and racked with all my sins. Yea, I did remember all my sins and iniquities, for which I was tormented with the pains of hell;
• Alma 17:47
  But if ye keep the commandments of God, and do with these things which are sacred, according to that which the Lord doth command you (for you must appeal unto the Lord for all things whatsoever ye must do with them), behold no power of earth or hell can take them from you, for God is powerful to the fulfilling of all his words:
• Alma 19:56
  56 But whether it be at his resurrection, or after, I do not say; but this much I say, that there is a space between death and the resurrection of the body, and a state of the soul in happiness or in misery, until the time which is appointed of God that the dead shall come forth and be reunited, both soul and body, and be brought to stand before God, and be judged according to their works;
• Alma 21:140
  Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken for ever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.
• Alma 25:7
  Yea, I would tell you concerning that awful hell that awaits to receive such murderers as thou and thy brother have been, except ye repent and withdraw your murderous purposes, and return with your armies to your own lands;
• Helaman 2:154
  And it was that same being who led on the people who came from that tower into this land; who spread the works of darkness and abominations over all the face of the land, until he dragged the people down to an entire destruction, and to an everlasting hell;
• 3^rd Nephi 5:41-42
  41 Verily, verily I say unto you, that this is my doctrine; and whoso buildeth upon this, buildeth upon my rock; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them.
  42 And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock, but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell standeth open to receive such, when the floods come, and the winds beat upon them.
• 3^rd Nephi 5:78
  Behold, I give you a commandment, that ye suffer none of these things to enter into your heart; for it is better that ye should deny yourselves of these things, wherein ye will take up your cross, than that ye should be cast into hell. 3^rd
• 3^rd Nephi 8:45
  And when the rain descends, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon them, they shall fall, and the gates of hell are already open to receive them: 3^rd
  See also Matthew 7:35; Luke 6:49
• 3rd Nephi 11:32-33
  32 And even unto the great and last day, when all people, and all kindreds, and all nations and tongues shall stand before God, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil;
  33 If they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation, being on a parallel, the one on the one hand, and the other on the other hand, according to the mercy, and the justice, and the holiness which is in Christ, who was before the world began. See also Alma 19:56
• Mormon 3:27
  Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power of the Father he hath risen again, whereby he hath gained the victory over the grave; and also in him is the sting of death swallowed up.
• Mormon 4:72-73
  72 And because of the redemption of man, which came by Jesus Christ, they are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is wherein all men are redeemed, because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep, from which sleep all men shall be awakened by the power of God, when the trump shall sound;
  73 And they shall come forth, both small and great, and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed and loosed from this eternal band of death, which death is a temporal death;
• Moroni 4:63
  Behold I say unto you, that ye would be more miserable to dwell with a holy and just God, under a consciousness of your filthiness before him, than ye would to dwell with the damned souls in hell.
• Ether 3:21
  And the Brother of Jared began to be old, and saw that he must soon go down to the grave; wherefore he said unto Jared, Let us gather together our people that we may number them, that we may know of them what they will desire of us before we go down to our graves.
• Moroni 8:15
  Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that little children need baptism, is in the gall of bitterness, and in the bonds of iniquity; for he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut off while in the thought, he must go down to hell.
• Moroni 8:21-22
  21 And he that saith that little children need baptism, denieth the mercies of Christ, and setteth at naught the atonement of him and the power of his redemption.
  22 Wo unto such, for they are in danger of death, hell, and an endless torment.

• Doctrine and Covenants

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• Doctrine & Covenants 3:3b-f
  3b Satan stirreth them up, that he may lead their souls to destruction.
  3c And thus he has laid a cunning plan, thinking to destroy the work of God, but I will require this at their hands, and it shall turn to their shame and condemnation in the day of judgment;
  3d yea, he stirreth up their hearts to anger against this work; yea, he saith unto them, Deceive and lie in wait to catch, that ye may destroy; behold, this is no harm;
  3e and thus he flattereth them, and telleth them that it is no sin to lie, that they may catch a man in a lie, that they may destroy him; and thus he flattereth them, and leadeth them along until he draggeth their souls down to hell;
  3f and thus he causeth them to catch themselves in their own snare; and thus he goeth up and down, to and fro in the earth, seeking to destroy the souls of men.
• Doctrine & Covenants 15:3b
  And if you do these last commandments of mine, which I have given you, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; for my grace is sufficient for you; and you shall be lifted up at the last day.
• Doctrine & Covenants 16:1c-d
  1c and if you know that they are true, behold I give unto you a commandment, that you rely upon the things which are written; for in them are all things written concerning the foundation of my church, my gospel, and my Rock:
  1d wherefore, if you shall build up my church upon the foundation of my gospel and my Rock, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.
• Doctrine & Covenants 19:2a-b
  2a Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words, and commandments, which he shall give unto you, as he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me;
  2b for his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith; for by doing these things, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you;
• Doctrine & Covenants 22:13
  And it came to pass, that Moses began to fear exceedingly; and as he began to fear, he saw the bitterness of hell; nevertheless, calling upon God he received strength, and he commanded, saying, Depart hence, Satan; for this one God only will I worship, which is the God of glory.
• Doctrine & Covenants 28:10a-d
  10a And it came to pass, that Adam being tempted of the Devil, for, behold, the Devil was before Adam, for he rebelled against me, saying,
  10b Give me thine honor, which is my power; and also a third part of the hosts of heaven turned he away from me because of their agency;
  10c and they were thrust down, and thus became the Devil and his angels; and, behold, there is a place prepared for them from the beginning, which place is hell;
  10d and it must needs be that the Devil should tempt the children of men, or they could not be agents unto themselves, for if they never should have bitter, they could not know the sweet.
• Doctrine & Covenants 32:3a-b
  3a Behold, verily, verily I say unto you, This is my gospel, and remember that they shall have faith in me, or they can in nowise be saved; and upon this Rock I will build my church;
  3b yea, upon this Rock ye are built, and if ye continue, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; and ye shall remember the church articles and covenants to keep them;
• Doctrine & Covenants 34:5b
  And the Scriptures shall be given even as they are in mine own bosom, to the salvation of mine own elect; for they will hear my voice, and shall see me, and shall not be asleep, and shall abide the day of my coming, for they shall be purified even as I am pure.
• Doctrine & Covenants 43:5a-c
  5a Hearken ye, for, behold, the great day of the Lord is nigh at hand.
  5b For the day cometh that the Lord shall utter his voice out of heaven; the heavens shall shake and the earth shall tremble, and the trump of God shall sound both long and loud, and shall say to the sleeping nations:
  5c Ye saints arise and live: Ye sinners stay and sleep until I shall call again: wherefore gird up your loins, lest ye be found among the wicked Lift up your voices and spare not.
• Doctrine & Covenants 45:7a-b
  7a But before the arm of the Lord shall fall, an angel shall sound his trump, and the saints that have slept, shall come forth to meet me in the cloud;
  7b wherefore if ye have slept in peace, blessed are you, for as you now behold me and know that I am, even so shall ye come unto me and your souls shall live, and your redemption shall be perfected, and the saints shall come forth from the four quarters of the earth.
• Doctrine & Covenants 63:1b-c
  1b yea, verily, I say, Hear the word of him whose anger is kindled against the wicked and rebellious;
  1c who willeth to take even them whom he will take, and preserveth in life them whom he will preserve; who buildeth up at his own will and pleasure; and destroyeth when he pleases, and is able to cast the soul down to hell.
• Doctrine & Covenants 63:13c-f
  13c yea, and blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth, when the Lord shall come, and old things shall pass away, and all things become new,
  13d they shall rise from the dead and shall not die after, and shall receive an inheritance before the Lord, in the holy city, and he that liveth when the Lord shall come, and has kept the faith, blessed is he; nevertheless it is appointed to him to die at the age of man;
  13e wherefore children shall grow up until they become old, old men shall die; but they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye;
  13f wherefore, for this cause preached the apostles unto the world the resurrection of the dead:
• Doctrine & Covenants 76:7a-e
  7a And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament;
  7b these are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus;
  7c these are they who deny not the Holy Spirit;
  7d these are they who are thrust down to hell;
  7e these are they who shall not be redeemed from the Devil, until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work;
• Doctrine & Covenants 84:1b-c
  1b Behold, verily I say that the field was the world, and the apostles were the sowers of the seed;
  1c and after they have fallen asleep, the great persecutor of the church, the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations to drink
• Doctrine & Covenants 85:27b-d
  27b and the saints that are upon the earth, who are alive, shall be quickened, and be caught up to meet him.
  27c And they who have slept in their graves, shall come forth; for their graves shall be opened, and they also shall be caught up to meet him in the midst of the pillar of heaven: they are Christ's, the firstfruits:
  27d they who shall descend with him first, and they who are on the earth and in their graves, who are first caught up to meet him; and all this by the voice of the sounding of the trump of the angel of God.
• Doctrine & Covenants 85:35c-d
  35c And then he shall be loosed for a little season, that he may gather together his armies; and Michael, the seventh angel, even the archangel, shall gather together his armies, even the hosts of heaven.
  35d And the Devil shall gather together his armies, even the hosts of hell, and shall come up to battle against Michael and his armies: and then cometh the battle of the great God!
• Doctrine & Covenants 95:4c
  And again, I say unto you, If ye observe to do whatsoever I command you, I, the Lord, will turn away all wrath and indignation from you, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.
• Doctrine & Covenants 98:5f
  In that day an infant shall not die until he is old, and his life shall be as the age of a tree, and when he dies he shall not sleep (that is to say in the earth), but shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up, and his rest shall be glorious.
• Doctrine & Covenants 101:2g
  Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor, and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.

• Matthew 27:48
  
  And the Lord said unto him, This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise
• Luke 23:44
  
  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee; To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise
• 2^nd Corinthians 12:2-4
  
  2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth;) such a one caught up to the third heaven.
  3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth;)
  4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
• Revelation 2:7
  
  7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
• 2^nd Nephi 6:24-32
  
  24 O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster;
  25 Yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
  26 And because of the way of deliverance of our God the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead, which death is the grave.
  27 And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell;
  28 Wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits,
  29 And the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored, one to the other;
  30 And it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.
  31 O how great the plan of our God! For on the other hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the bodies of the righteous;
  32 And the spirit and the body is restored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us, in the flesh;
• Alma 19:43-44
  
  43 Behold, it has been made known unto me, by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body; yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.
  44 And then shall it come to pass that the spirits of those who are righteous, are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise; a state of rest; a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles, and from all care, and sorrow, etc.
• Moroni 10:31
  
  31 And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.
• 4^th Nephi 1:15
  
  15 And it came to pass that the seventy and first year passed away, and also the seventy and second year; yea, and in fine, until the seventy and ninth year had passed away; yea, even an hundred years had passed away, and the disciples of Jesus, whom he had chosen, had all gone to the paradise of God, save it were the three who should tarry;

• Matthew 27:54-57
  
  54 Jesus when he had cried again with a loud voice, saying, Father, it is finished, thy will is done, yielded up the ghost.
  55 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
  56 And the graves were opened; and the bodies of the saints which slept, arose, who were many.
  57 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, went unto the holy city, and appeared unto many.
• Alma 19:29-35
  
  29 Behold, I say unto you, that there is no resurrection; or I would say in other words, that this mortal does not put on immortality; this corruption does not put on incorruption, until after the coming of Christ.
  30 Behold, he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead. But behold, my son, the resurrection is not yet.
  31 Now I unfold unto you a mystery: nevertheless, there are many mysteries, which are kept, that no one knoweth them, save God himself.
  32 But I shew unto you one thing, which I have inquired diligently of God, that I might know; that is, concerning the resurrection.
  33 Behold, there is a time appointed that all shall come forth from the dead.
  34 Now when this time cometh, no one knows; but God knoweth the time which is appointed.
  35 Now whether there shall be one time, or a second time, or a third time, that men shall come forth from the dead, it mattereth not; for God knoweth all these things; and it sufficeth me to know that this is the case; that there is a time appointed that all shall rise from the dead.
• 3^rd Nephi 10:36-39
  
  36 Verily, I say unto you, I commanded my servant Samuel, the Lamanite, that he should testify unto this people, that at the day that the Father should glorify his name in me, that there were many saints who should arise from the dead, and should appear unto many, and should minister unto them.
  37 And he said unto them, Were it not so?
  38 And his disciples answered him and said, Yea, Lord, Samuel did prophesy according to thy words, and they were all fulfilled.
  39 And Jesus said unto them, How be it that ye have not written this thing, that many saints did arise and appear unto many, and did minister unto them?

• Ezekiel 37:12-14
  
  12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
  13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves.
  14 And shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land; then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
• Mark 8:42-43
  
  41 Whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  42 And they shall not have part in that resurrection when he cometh.
  43 For verily I say unto you, That he shall come; and he that layeth down his life for my sake and the gospel's, shall come with him, and shall be clothed with his glory in the cloud, on the right hand of the Son of Man.
• John 5:25-26
  
  25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they who hear shall live.
  26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself
• John 5:28-29
  
  28 Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in the which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice.
  29And shall come forth; they who have done good, in the resurrection of the just;
• 2^nd Timothy 4:1
  
  I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing in his kingdom .
• Hebrews 12:22-24
  
  22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
  23 To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant
• Revelation 20:5
  
  But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
• Alma 9:14
  
  And he said unto Alma, What does this mean which Amulek hath spoken concerning the resurrection of the dead, that all shall rise from the dead, both the just and the unjust, and are brought to stand before God, to be judged according to their works.
• Mormon 3:21-22
  
  21 But behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows can not bring your return; and the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now mouldering in corruption, must soon become incorruptible bodies;
  22 And then ye must stand before the judgment seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:3d
  
  speaking of the resurrection of the dead, concerning those who shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth; they who have done good in the resurrection of the just, and they who have done evil in the resurrection of the unjust.
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:5a
  
  And again, we bear record for we saw and heard, and this is the testimony of the gospel of Christ, concerning them who come forth in the resurrection of the just:
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:5l
  
  these are they who shall have part in the first resurrection;

• Ezekiel 18:21
  
  But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Ezekiel 34:17-22
  
  17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
  18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
  19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
  20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
  21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
  22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

• Luke 6:36-38
  
  36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
  37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.
  38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.
• Acts 10:42-43
  
  42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
  43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
• Romans 2:6-10
  
  6Who will render to every man according to his deeds;
  7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
  8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
  9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil; of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
  10But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that worketh good; to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile;
• 1^st Corinthians 4:5
  
  Therefore I judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God.
• 1^st Peter 1:7
  
  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ;
• Revelation 11:18
  
  And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
• Revelation 21:27
  
  And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
• Revelation 22:11
  
  11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
  12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be.
• 2^nd Nephi 6:36-43
  
  36 And it shall come to pass, that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment seat of the Holy One of Israel;
  37 And then cometh the judgment; and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God.
  38 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which can not pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still;
  39 Wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels;
  40 And they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames ascendeth up for ever and ever; and has no end.
  41 O the greatness and the justice of our God! For he executeth all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and his law must be fulfilled.
  42 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel; they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it; they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world: and their joy shall be full for ever.
  43 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel! For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.
• Alma 3:31-32
  
  31Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption raised in incorruption, to stand before God, to be judged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?
  32 I say unto you, Can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day, Come unto me ye blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?
• 3^rd Nephi 11:32-33
  
  32And even unto the great and last day, when all people, and all kindreds, and all nations and tongues shall stand before God, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil;
  33If they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation, being on a parallel, the one on the one hand, and the other on the other hand, according to the mercy, and the justice, and the holiness which is in Christ, who was before the world began.
• 3^rd Nephi 12:27-29
  
  27 That as I have been lifted up by men, even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil;
  28 And for this cause have I been lifted up; therefore, according to the power of the Father, I will draw all men unto me, that they may be judged according to their works.
  29 And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name, shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father, at that day when I shall stand to judge the world.
• 3^rd Nephi 13:2-3
  
  2 For behold, out of the books which have been written, and which shall be written, shall this people be judged, for by them shall their works be known unto men.
  3 And behold, all things are written by the Father; therefore out of the books which shall be written, shall the world be judged.
• Mormon 1:86-87
  
  86 And for this cause I write unto you, that ye may know that ye must all stand before the judgment seat of Christ; yea, every soul who belongs to the whole human family of Adam;
  87 And ye must stand to be judged of your works, whether they be good or evil; and also that ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall have among you;
• Mormon 3:22
  
  And then ye must stand before the judgment seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.

• Just men made perfect
  • Luke 6:40
    
    A disciple is not above his master; but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
  • John 17:21-23
    
    21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
    22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
    23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
  • Ephesians 4:13
    
    Till we, in the unity of the faith, all come to the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ
  • Hebrews 2:10-11
    
    10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
    11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Hebrews 10:14
    
    For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified
  • Hebrews 12:22-23
    
    22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
    23 To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  • Hebrews 13:20-21
    
    20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
    21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1^st Peter 5:10
    
    But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect
  • 1^st John 2:5
    
    But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected
  • Revelation 22:11
    
    11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
    12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be.
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5q
    
    these are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own blood;
• Glory as the sun
  • 2^nd Samuel 23:3-4
    
    3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
    4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
  • Job 11:17
    
    And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning
  • Isaiah 58:8-10
    
    8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.
    9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
    10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday;
  • Matthew 13:45 (Contrast with Daniel 12:2-3)
    
    Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
    
    
    2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
    3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever.
  • 1^st Corinthians 15:35-44
    
    35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
    36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die;
    37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body which shall be, but grain, it may be of wheat, or some other;
    38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
    39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
    40Also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial, and bodies telestial; but the glory of the celestial, one; and the terrestrial, another; and the telestial, another.
    41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
    42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
    43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
    44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
  • Alma 19:58-59
    
    58 The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost, but all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame.
    59 And now my son, this is the restoration of which has been spoken by the mouths of the prophets. And then shall the righteous shine forth in the kingdom of God.
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5r
    
    these are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God the highest of all; whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.
  • Doctrine and Covenants 85:4c-d
    
    4b And the resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul; and the redemption of the soul is through him who quickeneth all things, in whose bosom it is decreed, that the poor and the meek of the earth shall inherit it.
    4c Therefore, it must needs be sanctified from all unrighteousness, that it may be prepared for the celestial glory; for after it hath filled the measure of its creation, it shall be crowned with glory, even with the presence of God the Father;
    4dthat bodies who are of the celestial kingdom may possess it forever and ever; for, for this intent was it made and created; and for this intent are they sanctified.
• Sons of God
  • Genesis 7:1
    
    And it came to pass, that Enoch continued his speech, saying, Behold, our father Adam taught these things, and many have believed, and become the sons of God; and many have believed not, and have perished in their sins, and are looking forth with fear, in torment, for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God to be poured out upon them.
  • Genesis 14:35
    
    33 And now, Melchizedek was a priest of this order; therefore he obtained peace in Salem, and was called the Prince of peace.
    34 And his people wrought righteousness, and obtained heaven, and sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken, separating it from the earth, having reserved it unto the latter days, or the end of the world;
    35 And hath said, and sworn with an oath, that the heavens and the earth should come together; and the sons of God should be tried so as by fire.
    36 And this Melchizedek, having thus established righteousness, was called the king of heaven by his people, or, in other words, the King of peace.
  • John 1:12
    
    But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God; only to them who believe on his name.
  • Romans 8:14-19
    
    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
    15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption; whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
    16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God;
    17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
    18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be named with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
    19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
  • 1^st John 3:1
    
    1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
    2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
    3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5h
    
    wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God; wherefore all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs, and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's; and they shall overcome all things;
• Priests and Kings
  • Exodus 19:5-6
    
    5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; for all the earth is mine;
    6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
  • Isaiah 66:19-21
    
    19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
    20 And they shall bring all your brethren for a offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
    21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.
  • Revelation 1:5-8
    
    5 Therefore, I, John, the faithful witness, bear record of the things which were delivered me of the angel, and from Jesus Christ the first begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth.
    6 And unto him who loved us, be glory; who washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God, his Father. To him be glory and dominion, forever and ever. Amen.
    7 For behold, he cometh in the clouds with ten thousands of his saints in the kingdom, clothed with the glory of his Father. And every eye shall see him; and they who pierced him, and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
    8 For he saith, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
  • Revelation 5:6-10
    
    6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having twelve horns and twelve eyes, which are the twelve servants of God, sent forth into all the earth.
    7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
    8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.
    9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
    10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.
  • Revelation 20:4-6
    
    4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands: and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
    5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
    6 Blessed and holy are they who have part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5g
    
    5b They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name, and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given, that by keeping the commandments, they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins,
    5c and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power;
    5d and who overcome by faith, and are sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true;
    5e they are they who are the church of the Firstborn;
    5fthey are they into whose hands the Father has given all things:
    5gthey are they who are priests and kings, who have received of his fullness, and of his glory, and are priests of the Most High after the order of Melchisedec, which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten Son;
    5h wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God; wherefore all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs, and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's; and they shall overcome all things;
• Crowns
  • Zechariah 6:9-15
    
    9 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
    10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
    11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
    12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord;
    13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
    14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
    15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.
  • 2^nd Timothy 4:8
    
    Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
  • Revelation 4:4
    
    And in the midst of the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment, and they had on their heads crowns like golds
  • Doctrine and Covenants 36:11b-c
    
    11b And the Lord said unto Enoch, Look, and he looked and beheld the Son of Man lifted upon the cross, after the manner of men; and he heard a loud voice; and the heavens were veiled; and all the creations of God mourned; and the earth groaned; and the rocks were rent;
    11c and the saints arose and were crowned at the right hand of the Son of Man, with crowns of glory; and as many of the spirits as were in prison, came forth and stood on the right hand of God; and the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day.
• Robes
  • Job 29:14
    
    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment was as a robe and a diadem
  • Isaiah 61:10
    
    I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
  • Zechariah 3:1-7
    
    1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
    2 And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee; is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
    3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
    4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
    5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.
    6 And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,
    7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
  • Revelation 3:5
    
    He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
  • Revelation 6:9-11
    
    9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;
    10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
    11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
  • Revelation 7:13-17
    
    13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
    14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
    15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
    16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
    17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• Rulership
  • Psalm 68:26-27
    
    26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
    27There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah, and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
  • Isaiah 14:1-2
    
    1 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
    2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place; yea, from far, unto the end of the earth, and they shall return to their land of promise, and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
  • Isaiah 32:1
    
    Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment
  • Isaiah 41:1-4
    
    1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
    2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
    3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
    4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
  • Matthew 25:13-31 / Luke 19:12-26
    
    13 Now I will liken these things unto a parable.
    14 For it is like as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
    15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway went on his journey.
    16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same; and gained other five talents.
    17 And likewise he who received two talents, he also gained other two.
    18 But he who had received one, went and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money.
    19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
    20 And so he that had received the five talents came, and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have gained besides them five talents more.
    21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
    22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two talents besides them.
    23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
    24 Then he who had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not scattered.
    25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth; and lo, here is thy talent; take it from me as thou hast from thine other servants, for it is thine.
    26 His lord answered and said unto him, O wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not scattered.
    27 Having known this, therefore, thou oughtest to have put my money to the exchangers, and at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
    28 I will take, therefore, the talent from you, and give it unto him who hath ten talents.
    29For unto every one who hath obtained other talents, shall be given, and he shall have in abundance.
    30 But from him that hath not obtained other talents, shall be taken away even that which he hath received.
    31 And his lord shall say unto his servants, Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
    
    12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
    13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
    14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a messenger after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
    15 And it came to pass that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
    16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
    17 And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
    18 And the second came saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
    19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
    20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy pound which I have kept laid up in a napkin;
    21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.
    22 And he said unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, O wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow.
    23 Wherefore then, gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have received mine own with usury?
    24 And he said unto them who stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him who hath ten pounds.
    25 For I say unto you, That unto every one who occupieth, shall be given; and from him who occupieth not, even that he hath received shall be taken away from him.
    26 But those mine enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither, and slay them before me.
  • Matthew 24:52-54 / Mark 13:56-58
    
    52 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
    53 Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing;
    54 And, verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
    
    56 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
    57 Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
    58 And verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
  • Luke 12:46-53
    
    46 And they said among themselves, If the good man of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through and the loss of his goods.
    47 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, be ye therefore ready also; for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
    48 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speaketh thou this parable unto us, or unto all?
    49 And the Lord said, I speak unto those whom the Lord shall make rulers over his household, to give his children their portion of meat in due season.
    50 And they said, Who then is that faithful and wise servant?
    51 And the Lord said unto them, It is that servant who watcheth, to impart his portion of meat in due season.
    52 Blessed be that servant whom his Lord shall find, when he cometh, so doing.
    53 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
  • 2^nd Timothy 2:12
    
    10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
    11 For this is a faithful saying, If we be dead with him, we shall also live with him;
    12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him he also will deny us;
  • Revelation 2:26-27
    
    26 And to him who overcometh, and keepeth my commandments unto the end, will I give power over many kingdoms;
    27 And he shall rule them with the word of God; and they shall be in his hands as the vessels of clay in the hands of a potter; and he shall govern them by faith, with equity and justice, even as I received of my Father.
  • Revelation 5:10
    
    8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.
    9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
    10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.
  • Revelation 20:4-6
    
    4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands: and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
    5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
    6 Blessed and holy are they who have part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
  • Revelation 22:3-5
    
    3 And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him;
    4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
    5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign forever and ever.
• Judgment
  • 1^st Corinthians 6:2-3
    
    2Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
    3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
  • 3^rd Nephi 13:1-4
    
    1 Write the things which ye have seen and heard, save it be those which are forbidden; write the works of this people, which shall be even as hath been written of that which hath been;
    2 For behold, out of the books which have been written, and which shall be written, shall this people be judged, for by them shall their works be known unto men.
    3 And behold, all things are written by the Father; therefore out of the books which shall be written, shall the world be judged.
    4 And know ye that ye shall be judges of this people, according to the judgment which I shall give unto you, which shall be just;
  • Mormon 1:83-84
    
    83 Yea, behold, I write unto all the ends of the earth; yea, unto you, twelve tribes of Israel, who shall be judged according to your works, by the twelve whom Jesus chose to be his disciples in the land of Jerusalem.
    84 And I write also unto the remnant of this people, who shall also be judged by the twelve whom Jesus chose in this land; and they shall be judged by the other twelve whom Jesus chose in the land of Jerusalem.
  • Doctrine and Covenants 28:3a-b
    
    3a And again, verily, verily I say unto you, and it hath gone forth in a firm decree, by the will of the Father,
    3b that mine apostles, the twelve which were with me in my ministry at Jerusalem, shall stand at my right hand, at the day of my coming, in a pillar of fire, being clothed with robes of righteousness, with crowns upon their heads, in glory even as I am, to judge the whole house of Israel, even as many as have loved me and kept my commandments, and none else ;
• Special Access
  • Revelation 2:7
    
    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Revelation 3:12
    
    Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, this is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God; and I will write upon him my new name.
  • Revelation 7:13-17
    
    13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
    14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
    15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
    16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
    17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
  • Revelation 22:3
    
    3 And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him;
    4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
    5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign forever and ever.
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5j
    
    these shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ forever and ever;
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5k
    
    these are they whom he shall bring with him, when he shall come in the clouds of heaven, to reign on the earth over his people;
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5n
    
    these are they who are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all;
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5o
    
    these are they who have come to an innumerable company of angels; to the general assembly and church of Enoch, and of the Firstborn;
  • Doctrine and Covenants 76:5p
    
    these are they whose names are written in heaven, where God and Christ are the judge of all;

• Honorable men
• Matthew 25:32-41
  
  32 When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory;
  33 And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth sheep from the goats; the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.
  34 And he shall sit upon his throne, and the twelve apostles with him.
  35 Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  36 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me;
  37 I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
  38 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
  39 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
  40 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
  41 And the king shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
• Revelation 22:11
  
  11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
  12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be.
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:6d
  
  these are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men
• Died before Christ came
• Genesis 7:43-45
  
  43 And among all the workmanship of my hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren; but, behold, their sins shall be upon the heads of their fathers; Satan shall be their father, and misery shall be their doom; and the whole heavens shall weep over them, even all the workmanship of my hands.
  44 Wherefore should not the heavens weep, seeing these shall suffer? But, behold, these which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods; and, behold, I will shut them up; a prison have I prepared for them, and he whom I have chosen hath pleaded before my face;
  45 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.
• Mosiah 8:58-59
  
  And these are those who have part in the first resurrection; and these are they that have died before Christ came, in their ignorance, not having salvation declared unto them. 59 And thus the Lord bringeth about the restoration of these; and they have a part in the first resurrection, or have eternal life, being redeemed by the Lord
• Died without law
• Romans 2:12
  
  For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law
• Romans 4:15
  
  Because the law worketh wrath; for where no law is, there is no transgression
• Romans 5:13
  
  13 For, before the law, sin was in the world; yet sin is not imputed to those who have no law
• 1^st Corinthians 15:56
  
  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law
• 2^nd Nephi 1:88
  
  And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin
• 2^nd Nephi 6:51-54
  
  51 Wherefore he hath given a law; and where there is no law given there is no punishment;
  52 And where there is no punishment, there is no condemnation;
  53 And where there is no condemnation, the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement:
  54 For they are delivered by the power of him: for the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon all those who have not the law given to them, that they are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil, and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment;
• Moroni 8:26
  
  For the power of redemption cometh on all they that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, can not repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing.
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:6c
  
  Behold, these are they who died without law; and also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son visited, and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, who received not the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it;
• Glory as the Moon
• Daniel 12:3
  
  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever.
• 1^st Corithians 15:40
  
  35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
  36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die;
  37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body which shall be, but grain, it may be of wheat, or some other;
  38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
  39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
  40 Also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial, and bodies telestial; but the glory of the celestial, one; and the terrestrial, another; and the telestial, another.
  41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
  42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
  43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
  44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:6b
  
  these are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that of the church of the Firstborn, who have received the fullness of the Father, even as that of the moon differs from the sun of the firmament
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:6f
  
  these are they who receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the fullness of the Father; wherefore they are bodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun
• Do not receive crowns
• Matthew 25:24-31 / Luke 19:20-25
  
  24 Then he who had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not scattered.
  25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth; and lo, here is thy talent; take it from me as thou hast from thine other servants, for it is thine.
  26 His lord answered and said unto him, O wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not scattered.
  27 Having known this, therefore, thou oughtest to have put my money to the exchangers, and at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
  28 I will take, therefore, the talent from you, and give it unto him who hath ten talents.
  29 For unto every one who hath obtained other talents, shall be given, and he shall have in abundance.
  30 But from him that hath not obtained other talents, shall be taken away even that which he hath received.
  31 And his lord shall say unto his servants, Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  
  20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy pound which I have kept laid up in a napkin;
  21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.
  22 And he said unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, O wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow.
  23 Wherefore then, gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have received mine own with usury?
  24 And he said unto them who stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him who hath ten pounds.
  25 For I say unto you, That unto every one who occupieth, shall be given; and from him who occupieth not, even that he hath received shall be taken away from him.
• 1^st Corinthians 3:12-15
  
  12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
  13Every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
  14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
  15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss; but he himself may be saved; yet so as by fire.
• Doctrine and Covenants 76:6g
  
  These are the who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus; wherefore they obtained not the crown over the kingdom of our God
• Blessings of the Kingdom of God
• Forgiven sins
• Isaiah 1:18
  
  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool
• Joel 3:20-21
  
  20 But Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
  21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed; for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.
• Zechariah 13:1
  
  In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
• Zephaniah 3:14-17
  
  14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
  15The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy; the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not see evil any more.
  16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
  17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
• Inheritance
• Psalm 37:7-11
  
  7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
  8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
  9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
  10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
  11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
• Psalm 69:35-36
  
  35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
  36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
• Isaiah 34:16-17
  
  16 Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read the names written therein; no one of these shall fail; none shall want their mate; for my mouth it hath commanded, and my Spirit it hath gathered them.
  17 And I have cast the lot for them, and I have divided it unto them by line; they shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.
• Isaiah 49:8 / 1^st Nephi 6:38
  
  Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
  
  Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Isaiah 52:8-10 / 3^rd Nephi 9:70-73
  
  8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
  9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
  10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
  
  70 Then shall their watchmen lift up their voices; and with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye.
  71 Then will the Father gather them together again, and give unto them Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.
  72 Then shall they break forth into joy - sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
  73 The Father hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of the Father; and the Father and I are one.
• Isaiah 57:13-15
  
  13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
  14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people.
  15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Ezekiel 45:1
  
  Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
• John 14:1-4
  
  1 Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
  3 And when I go, I will prepare a place for you, and come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, ye may be also.
  4 And whither I go ye know; and the way ye know.
• Acts 20:32
  
  And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
• Ephesians 1:9-14
  
  9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself;
  10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him;
  11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will;
  12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,
  14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
• Hebrews 11:14-16
  
  14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
  15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
  16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
• 1^st Peter 1:3-4
  
  3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
• 1^st Nephi 7:22-25
  
  22 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to make bare his arm in the eyes of all the nations, in bringing about his covenants and his gospel, unto those who are of the house of Israel.
  23 Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivity, and they shall be gathered together to the lands of their inheritance;
  24 And they shall be brought out of obscurity, and out of darkness;
  25 And they shall know that the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer, the mighty one of Israel.
• 2^nd Nephi 2:1-3
  
  1 And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last born.
  2 Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.
  3 And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security for ever, if it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.
• 2^nd Nephi 5:29
  
  Nevertheless, the Lord will be merciful unto them, that when they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer, they shall be gathered together again to the lands of their inheritance.
• 2^nd Nephi 6:1-3
  
  1 And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye might know concerning the covenants of the Lord; that he has covenanted with the house of Israel;
  2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of God;
  3 When they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.
• 2^nd Nephi 7:12
  
  But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers, that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.
• 2^nd Nephi 11:20
  
  And notwithstanding they have been carried away, they shall return again, and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore they shall be restored again to the lands of their inheritance.
• Mosiah 11:186-188
  
  186 For, said he, I have repented of my sins, and have been redeemed of the Lord; behold, I am born of the Spirit.
  187 And the Lord said unto me, Marvel not that all mankind, yea, men, and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again;
  188 Yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters; and thus they become new creatures; and unless they do this, they can in no wise inherit the kingdom of God.
• Alma 3:100
  
  For the names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life; and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand.
• Alma 8:91-92
  
  91 And I say unto you again, that he can not save them in their sins; for I can not deny his word, and he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven;
  92 Therefore how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore ye can not be saved in your sins.
• 3^rd Nephi 5:32-34
  
  32 Behold, verily, verily I say unto you, I will declare unto you my doctrine. And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto me;
  33 And I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth record of me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me, and I bear record that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to repent and believe in me;
  34 And whoso believeth in me, and is baptized, the same shall be saved; and they are they who shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• 3^rd Nephi 7:14
  
  And behold, this is the land of your inheritance; and the Father hath given it unto you.
• 3^rd Nephi 9:50
  
  And the Father hath commanded me that I should give unto you this land, for your inheritance.
• 3^rd Nephi 9:66 - 3^rd Nephi 10:8
  
  66 Nevertheless, when they shall have received the fullness of my gospel, then if they shall harden their hearts against me, I will return their iniquities upon their own heads, saith the Father.
  67 And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people, and I have covenanted with them, that I would gather them together in mine own due time;
  68 That I would give unto them again the land of their fathers, for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is the promised land unto them for ever, saith the Father.
  69 And it shall come to pass that the time cometh, when the fullness of my gospel shall be preached unto them, and they shall believe in me, that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and shall pray unto the Father in my name.
  70 Then shall their watchmen lift up their voices; and with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye.
  71 Then will the Father gather them together again, and give unto them Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.
  72 Then shall they break forth into joy - sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
  73 The Father hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of the Father; and the Father and I are one.
  74 And then shall be brought to pass that which is written, Awake, awake again, and put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
  75 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
  76 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for naught; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
  77 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that my people shall know my name; yea, in that day they shall know that I am he that doth speak.
  78 And then shall they say, How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings unto them, that publisheth peace: that bringeth good tidings unto them of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
  79 And then shall a cry go forth, Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.
  80 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel shall be your rearward.
  81 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
  82 As many were astonished at thee; (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men,)
  83 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
  84 Verily, verily, I say unto you, All these things shall surely come, even as the Father hath commanded me.
  85 Then shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his people, be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance.
  86 And verily, I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take place, that I shall gather in from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion.
  87 And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign, for verily I say unto you, that when these things which I declare unto you, and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and by the power of the Holy Ghost, which shall be given unto you of the Father, shall be made known unto the Gentiles,
  88 That they may know concerning this people who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, and concerning this my people who shall be scattered by them;
  89 Verily, verily, I say unto you, When these things shall be made known unto them of the Father, and shall come forth of the Father, from them unto you, for it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in this land,
  90 And be set up as a free people by the power of the Father, that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed, that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel;
  91 Therefore, when these works, and the work which shall be wrought among you hereafter, shall come forth from the Gentiles unto your seed, which shall dwindle in unbelief because of iniquity;
  92 For thus it behooveth the Father that it should come forth from the Gentiles, that he may shew forth his power unto the Gentiles, for this cause, that the Gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts, that they may repent and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, and know of the true points of my doctrine, that they may be numbered among my people, O house of Israel:
  93 And when these things come to pass, that thy seed shall begin to know these things, it shall be a sign unto them, that they may know that the work of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling of the covenant which he hath made unto the people who are of the house of Israel.
  94 And when that day shall come, it shall come to pass that kings shall shut their mouths; for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
  95 For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a work, which shall be a great and a marvelous work among them; and there shall be among them who will not believe it, although a man shall declare it unto them.
  96 But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them.
  97 Yet I will heal him, for I will shew unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.
  98 Therefore it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, whom the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said,) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant;
  99 And my people who are a remnant of Jacob, shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
  100 Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their enemies shall be cut off.
  101 Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles, except they repent, for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots, and I will cut off the cities of thy land and throw down all thy strongholds;
  102 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand, and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
  103 Thy graven images I will also cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the works of thy hands;
  104 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy cities.
  105 And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and priestcrafts and whoredoms, shall be done away.
  106 For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day, whosoever will not repent and come unto my beloved Son, them will I cut off from among my people, O house of Israel, and I will execute vengeance and fury upon them, even as upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
  3rd Nephi 10
  1 But if they will repent, and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant, and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance, and they shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob;
  2 And also, as many of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem;
  3 And then shall they assist my people that they may be gathered in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem.
  4 And then shall the power of heaven come down among them; and I also will be in the midst, and then shall the work of the Father commence, at that day even when this gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this people.
  5 Verily, I say unto you, At that day shall the work of the Father commence among all the dispersed of my people; yea, even the tribes which have been lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem.
  6 Yea, the work shall commence among all the dispersed of my people, with the Father, to prepare the way whereby they may come unto me, that they may call on the Father in my name;
  7 Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the Father, among all nations, in preparing the way whereby his people may be gathered home to the land of their inheritance.
  8 And they shall go out from all nations; and they shall not go out in haste, nor go by flight; for I will go before them, saith the Father, and I will be their rearward. And then shall that which is written come to pass.
• Mormon 2:39-43
  
  39 Now these things are written unto the remnant of the house of Jacob; and they are written after this manner, because it is known of God that wickedness will not bring them forth unto them; and they are to be hid up unto the Lord, that they may come forth in his own due time.
  40 And this is the commandment which I have received; and behold they shall come forth according to the commandment of the Lord, when he shall see fit, in his wisdom.
  41 And behold they shall go unto the unbelieving of the Jews; and for this intent shall they go; that they may be persuaded that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God;
  42 That the Father may bring about, through his most beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the land of their inheritance, which the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his covenant,
  43 And also that the seed of this people may more fully believe his gospel, which shall go forth unto them from the Gentiles;
• Ether 5:37-38
  
  37 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me, If they have not charity, it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean.
  38 And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.
• Ether 6:4-13
  
  4 Behold, Ether saw the days of Christ, and he spake concerning a New Jerusalem upon this land; and he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come; after it should be destroyed, it should be built up again a holy city unto the Lord;
  5 Wherefore it could not be a New Jerusalem, for it had been in a time of old, but it should be built up again, and become a holy city of the Lord: and it should be built up unto the house of Israel;
  6 And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has been a type; for as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there;
  7 Wherefore the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph, that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph, that he should perish not;
  8 Wherefore the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built up upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come, when the earth shall pass away.
  9 And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be like unto the old, save the old have passed away, and all things have become new.
  10 And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the lamb; and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph, who were of the house of Israel.
  11 And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb;
  12 And they are they who were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their father Abraham.
  13 And when these things come, bringeth to pass the scripture which saith, There are they who were first, who shall be last; and there are they who were last, who shall be first.
• Doctrine and Covenants 52:1b
  
  I, the Lord, will make known unto you what I will that ye shall do from this time until the next conference, which shall be held in Missouri, upon the land which I will consecrate unto my people, which are a remnant of Jacob, and those who are heirs according to the covenant.
• Doctrine and Covenants 52:9e-f
  
  9e And let there be one obtained for my servant Oliver Cowdery also; and thus, even as I have said, if ye are faithful, ye shall assemble yourselves together to rejoice upon the land of Missouri, which is the land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies.
  9f But, behold, I the Lord, will hasten the city in its time, and will crown the faithful with joy and with rejoicing. Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God, and I will lift them up at the last day. Even so. Amen.
• Doctrine and Covenants 57:1d-g
  
  1d Behold, the place which is now called Independence, is the center place, and the spot for the temple is lying westward upon a lot which is not far from the courthouse;
  1e wherefore it is wisdom that the land should be purchased by the saints; and also every tract lying westward, even unto the line running directly between Jew and Gentile.
  1f And also every tract bordering by the prairies, inasmuch as my disciples are enabled to buy lands.
  1g Behold, this is wisdom, that they may obtain it for an everlasting inheritance.
• Peace
• Genesis 7:21-25
  
  21 And the fear of the Lord was upon all nations, so great was the glory of the Lord which was upon his people.
  22 And the Lord blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places, and did flourish.
  23 And the Lord called his people, Zion, because they were of one heart and of one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there were no poor among them.
  24 And Enoch continued his preaching in righteousness unto the people of God.
  25 And it came to pass in his days, that he built a city that was called the city of Holiness, even Zion.
• Isaiah 11:6-9
  
  6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
  7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
  8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
  9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
• Isaiah 32:13-18
  
  13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
  14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the houses of the city shall be left desolate; the forts and towers shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
  15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
  16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
  17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
  18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
• Isaiah 33:5-6
  
  5 The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
  6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation; the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
• Isaiah 65:17-25
  
  17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
  18 But be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
  19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
  20 In those days there shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall not die, but shall live to be an hundred years old; but the sinner, living to be an hundred years old, shall be accursed.
  21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
  22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
  23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
  24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
• Isaiah 66:10-14
  
  10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her;
  11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
  12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream; then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
  13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
  14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb; and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
• Ezekiel 34:25-31
  
  25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
  26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
  27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
  28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
  29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
  30 Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.
  31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
• Hosea 2:18-20
  
  18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
  19 And I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies.
  20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord.
• Haggai 2:6-9
  
  6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
  7 And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
  8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
  9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
• Zechariah 8:1-6
  
  1 Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
  2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
  3 Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
  4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
  5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
  6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.
• 1^st Nephi 7:60-62
  
  60 And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan has no power;
  61 Wherefore, he can not be loosed for the space of many years;
  62 For he hath no power over the hearts of the people, for they dwell in righteousness, and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.
• Doctrine and Covenants 98:5c-f
  
  5c And in that day the enmity of man, and the enmity of beasts; yea, the enmity of all flesh shall cease from before my face.
  5d And in that day whatsoever any man shall ask it shall be given unto him.
  5e And in that day Satan shall not have power to tempt any man And there shall be no sorrow because there is no death.
  5f In that day an infant shall not die until he is old, and his life shall be as the age of a tree, and when he dies he shall not sleep (that is to say in the earth), but shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up, and his rest shall be glorious.
• Propserity
• Genesis 7:21-25
  
  21 And the fear of the Lord was upon all nations, so great was the glory of the Lord which was upon his people.
  22 And the Lord blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places, and did flourish.
  23 And the Lord called his people, Zion, because they were of one heart and of one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there were no poor among them.
  24 And Enoch continued his preaching in righteousness unto the people of God.
  25 And it came to pass in his days, that he built a city that was called the city of Holiness, even Zion.
• Isaiah 2:2-4
  
  2 And it shall come to pass in the last days when the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it;
  3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem;
  4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
• Isaiah 35:1-7
  
  1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
  2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
  3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
  4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not; behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.
  5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
  7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
• Isaiah 55:13
  
  Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
• Isaiah 60:5-17
  
  5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
  6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.
  7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
  8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
  9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
  10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee; for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
  11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
  12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
  13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
  14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
  16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron; I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
• Isaiah 66:20-21
  
  20 And they shall bring all your brethren for a offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
  21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.
• Joel 2:22-27
  
  22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
  23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
  24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
  25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
  26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be ashamed.
  27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else; and my people shall never be ashamed.
• Joel 3:18
  
  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
• Amos 9:13
  
  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
• Zechariah 2:7-13
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants; and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord; for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
• Zechariah 9:17-10:1
  
  17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
  Zechariah 10
  1 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
• Zechariah 14:8
  And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.
• John 7:37
  37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
  38 He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
  39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive; for the Holy Ghost was promised unto them who believe, after that Jesus was glorified.
• Safety
• Leviticus 25:18-19
  
  18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
  19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
• Leviticus 26:3-6
  
  3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
  4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
  5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
  6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
• Job 5:22-25
  
  22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
  23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
  24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
  25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
• Job 11:18-19
  
  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.
• Isaiah 4:1 / 2^nd Nephi 8:66
  
  In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely to them that are escaped of Israel.
  
  66 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them that are escaped of Israel.
• Isaiah 11:6-7 / 2^nd Nephi 9:121
  
  6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
  7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
  8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
  9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
  
  121 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
  122 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
  123 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.
  124 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
  
• Isaiah 33:14-24
  
  14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
  15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
  16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
  17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is very far off.
  18 Thine heart shall meditate in terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
  19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
  20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
  21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
  22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King; he will save us.
  23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast; they could not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
  24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
• Isaiah 59:19-20
  
  19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
  20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
• Isaiah 65:25
  
  The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
• Jeremiah 23:5-6
  
  5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
  6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Jeremiah 32:37
  
  Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely;
• Jeremiah 33:16
  
  In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely, and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
• Ezekiel 28:25-26
  
  25 Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
  26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.
• Ezekiel 34:22-28
  
  22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
  23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
  24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
  25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
  26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
  27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
  28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
• Ezekiel 38:8
  
  After many days thou shalt be visited; in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste; but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
• Hosea 2:18
  
  18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
• Zephaniah 3:14-17
  
  14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
  15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy; the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not see evil any more.
  16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
  17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
• Zechariah 9:8-10
  
  8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more; for now have I seen with mine eyes.
  9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
  10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace unto the heathen; and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from river even to the ends of the earth.
• Zechariah 14:9-11
  
  9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth; in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
  10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
  11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
• Holiness
• Psalm 48:1-3
  
  1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
  2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
  3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
• Isaiah 4:2-4 / 2^nd Nephi 8:67
  
  2 And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
  3 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
  4 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shinning of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defense.
  
  67 And it shall come to pass, them that are left in Zion, and remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
  68 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
  69 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defense.
• Joel 2:28-29
  
  28 And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions;
  29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.
• Joel 3:17-21
  
  So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain; then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her anymore.
• Obadiah 1:17
  
  But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
• Zechariah 14:20-21
  
  20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowl's before the altar.
  21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein; and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.