I have always maintained that the Bible is the inspired word of GOD. There are places where GOD has allowed a lie to be recorded. Satan tells Eve (for example) "You will not surely die..." Of course both Adam and Eve die physically and they both died spiritually upon eating of the fruit of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They immediately became separated from GOD.
So, I have always maintained that GOD is the force that holds the Bible together, maintaining it, and by the Holy Spirit provides understanding of what has been written when it suits GOD to do so. There are obvious portions of the Bible which though prophetic in nature were not fully understood until Jesus came. And there are other portions of the Bible that are yet to be fully revealed. But I have always maintained that the Bible is of GOD's revelation. I am fully persuaded that God directly dictated portions of scripture and in other places God used the personalities of various individuals to express what God placed on their hearts/minds exactly in a way God wished it to be.
Mormons also enjoy the Bible. The Quran and those other pieces of literature do not center around Christ and therefore do not provide the means of saving grace, but a way of works.
Bible verse by verse
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Psalm 138:1-8
Lord, I thank you with my whole being. I will sing your praises before angels.
I face your temple as I worship, giving thanks to you for all your kindness and faithfulness, for Your promises are backed by You.
When I pray, you answer me and encourage me by giving me what's necessary.
Every king in all the earth shall declare you Lord, for all of them will hear your voice oneday.
Yes, they shall sing of Jehovah’s glorious ways, for his glory is very great.
Yet though great, He respects the humble, but proud men He hold back.
Though I am surrounded by troubles, You will bring me safely through them. You hand will save me from my enemies.
The Lord will work out his plans for my life—forever. Don’t abandon me.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 By David. I confess Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise Thee.
2 I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.
3 In the day I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.
4 O Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy mouth.
5 And they sing in the ways of Jehovah, For great [is] the honour of Jehovah.
6 For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.
7 If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me.
8 Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness [is] to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!
Lord, I thank you with my whole being. I will sing your praises before angels.
I face your temple as I worship, giving thanks to you for all your kindness and faithfulness, for Your promises are backed by You.
When I pray, you answer me and encourage me by giving me what's necessary.
Every king in all the earth shall declare you Lord, for all of them will hear your voice oneday.
Yes, they shall sing of Jehovah’s glorious ways, for his glory is very great.
Yet though great, He respects the humble, but proud men He hold back.
Though I am surrounded by troubles, You will bring me safely through them. You hand will save me from my enemies.
The Lord will work out his plans for my life—forever. Don’t abandon me.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 By David. I confess Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise Thee.
2 I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.
3 In the day I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.
4 O Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy mouth.
5 And they sing in the ways of Jehovah, For great [is] the honour of Jehovah.
6 For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.
7 If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me.
8 Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness [is] to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Psalm 139:1-24 For the Choir Director. A song of David.
Lord, You have inspected me and understand me.
You know when I rest and when I'm up and about. You understand my thoughts at a distance.
You observe my travels and my rest. You're familiar with all my ways.
Before I speak, you know everything concerning it, Lord.
You have me encircled. You have placed Your hand on me.
This is totally beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to comprehend it.
Where can I run to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I go to heaven, You are there; if I establish a bed in hell, You are there.
If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, even there Your hand guides me; Your right hand will latch on to me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will shield me, and the light around me will be night," even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night is as bright as day; darkness and light are alike to You.
For it was You who created my guts; You formed me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully designed. Your creation is wonderful, and I know of this very well.
My frame was not hidden from You when I was procreated in secret, when I was formed deep within.
Your eyes perceived me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before my life began.
God, how difficult these thoughts are for me to comprehend; how broad they spread out to be!
If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when awake,I am still with You.
God, if only You would kill the wicked—bloodthirsty men, retreat!
Such invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely.
Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You?
I hate them with extremely! They are my enemies.
Inspect me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
See if there is any offensive concern in me; lead me in your eternal way.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
2 Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
8 If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
11 And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
14 I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
16 Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.
17 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
19 Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
21 Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
22 [With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
Lord, You have inspected me and understand me.
You know when I rest and when I'm up and about. You understand my thoughts at a distance.
You observe my travels and my rest. You're familiar with all my ways.
Before I speak, you know everything concerning it, Lord.
You have me encircled. You have placed Your hand on me.
This is totally beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to comprehend it.
Where can I run to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I go to heaven, You are there; if I establish a bed in hell, You are there.
If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, even there Your hand guides me; Your right hand will latch on to me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will shield me, and the light around me will be night," even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night is as bright as day; darkness and light are alike to You.
For it was You who created my guts; You formed me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully designed. Your creation is wonderful, and I know of this very well.
My frame was not hidden from You when I was procreated in secret, when I was formed deep within.
Your eyes perceived me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before my life began.
God, how difficult these thoughts are for me to comprehend; how broad they spread out to be!
If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when awake,I am still with You.
God, if only You would kill the wicked—bloodthirsty men, retreat!
Such invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely.
Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You?
I hate them with extremely! They are my enemies.
Inspect me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
See if there is any offensive concern in me; lead me in your eternal way.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
2 Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
8 If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
11 And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
14 I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
16 Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.
17 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
19 Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
21 Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
22 [With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
http://unbound.biola.edu/ has 11 (eleven, if you know only biblical words) version of English.
Selecting YLT says:
If one selects ONLY Old Testament or New Testament at once, that one gets it.
You should use their potential. One link for one chapter.
I don't know the database size you waste on MDB. Shades may know it.
SHADES! DO YOU READ THIS?
Selecting YLT says:
They know what bandwidth is.ERROR: You can't display the Whole Bible. Displaying the Whole Bible at once is too stressful to our server, and takes too long to download.
You need to choose a particular book, chapter, or verses, or enter some search terms.
If one selects ONLY Old Testament or New Testament at once, that one gets it.
You should use their potential. One link for one chapter.
I don't know the database size you waste on MDB. Shades may know it.
SHADES! DO YOU READ THIS?
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Psalm 140:1-13 For the Music Director. A song of David.
Save me, Lord, from those who commit evil; protect me from the violent.
They concoct evil plans in their hearts and contemplate war every day.
They say harsh things; and spew poisonous lies.
Keep me safe, Lord, from control of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who wish to detour my way..
The conceited have hidden a trap for me; they spin a web along my way.
I say to the Lord, “You are my God. Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy."
Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you protect my head during the fight.
Do not give to the wicked their desires, Lord; do not let their plans succeed.
Those who surround me proudly raise up their noses; may the mischief of their lips hang them.
May burning coals fall on them; may they be tossed into flaming --- tar pits, never to rise.
May slanderers not gain a footing in the community; may disaster reach the violent.
I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of those in need.
Surely the righteous will praise you, and the upright will thrive in your presence.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
2 Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.
3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.
4 Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
5 The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
6 I have said to Jehovah, `My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'
7 O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.
8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
9 The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
10 They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.
11 A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
12 I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
13 Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
Save me, Lord, from those who commit evil; protect me from the violent.
They concoct evil plans in their hearts and contemplate war every day.
They say harsh things; and spew poisonous lies.
Keep me safe, Lord, from control of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who wish to detour my way..
The conceited have hidden a trap for me; they spin a web along my way.
I say to the Lord, “You are my God. Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy."
Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you protect my head during the fight.
Do not give to the wicked their desires, Lord; do not let their plans succeed.
Those who surround me proudly raise up their noses; may the mischief of their lips hang them.
May burning coals fall on them; may they be tossed into flaming --- tar pits, never to rise.
May slanderers not gain a footing in the community; may disaster reach the violent.
I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of those in need.
Surely the righteous will praise you, and the upright will thrive in your presence.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
2 Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.
3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.
4 Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
5 The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
6 I have said to Jehovah, `My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'
7 O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.
8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
9 The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
10 They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.
11 A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
12 I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
13 Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Psalm 141:1-10 A song of David.
Quickly, Lord, answer my prayer. Listen when I cry out for help!
Regard my prayer as as evening sacrifice and as incense drifting upwards to you.
Help me, Lord, keep my mouth shut and my lips tight.
Take away my desire to do evil things; don’t let me desire to hang out with sinners, doing what they do, sharing in their delights.
Let the godly smack me! It would be a kindness! If they reprimand me, it is medicine! Don’t let me refuse it. I am in continuous meditation against the wicked and their deeds.
When their leaders are condemned, and their bones are thrown about the ground, then these men will finally listen to me and know that I am only trying to help them.
I look to you for assistance, dear Lord God. You are my hiding place. Don’t let them ruin me. Keep me out of their traps.
Let them fall entangled together, while I make my escape.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.
2 My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.
3 Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
5 The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
7 As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
8 But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
9 Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
10 The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
Quickly, Lord, answer my prayer. Listen when I cry out for help!
Regard my prayer as as evening sacrifice and as incense drifting upwards to you.
Help me, Lord, keep my mouth shut and my lips tight.
Take away my desire to do evil things; don’t let me desire to hang out with sinners, doing what they do, sharing in their delights.
Let the godly smack me! It would be a kindness! If they reprimand me, it is medicine! Don’t let me refuse it. I am in continuous meditation against the wicked and their deeds.
When their leaders are condemned, and their bones are thrown about the ground, then these men will finally listen to me and know that I am only trying to help them.
I look to you for assistance, dear Lord God. You are my hiding place. Don’t let them ruin me. Keep me out of their traps.
Let them fall entangled together, while I make my escape.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.
2 My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.
3 Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
5 The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
7 As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
8 But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
9 Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
10 The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
LittleNipper wrote: I am fully persuaded that God directly dictated portions of scripture and in other places God used the personalities of various individuals to express what God placed on their hearts/minds exactly in a way God wished it to be.
Okay, then I will say the exact same thing about the Book of Mormon and dare you to prove me wrong.
You prove yourself of the devil and anti-mormon every word you utter, because only the devil perverts facts to make their case.--ldsfaqs (6-24-13)
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Re: Bible verse by verse
You are fee to believe whatever you wish; however, logic suggests that if both the Bible and the Book of Mormon are the work of the same editor, then both should agree with each other and there should not exist contradictions.consiglieri wrote:LittleNipper wrote: I am fully persuaded that God directly dictated portions of scripture and in other places God used the personalities of various individuals to express what God placed on their hearts/minds exactly in a way God wished it to be.
Okay, then I will say the exact same thing about the Book of Mormon and dare you to prove me wrong.
1. The Book of Mormon teaches that little children are not capable of sin because they do not have a sinful nature (Moroni 8:8). In contrast, the Bible in Psalm 51:5 clearly teaches that we have sinful nature from birth: "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me". (This of course does not mean that those who die in infancy are lost.)
2. The Book of Mormon teaches that the disobedience of Adam and Eve in eating the forbidden fruit was necessary so that they could have children and bring joy to mankind (2 Nephi 2:23-25). In contrast, the Bible specifically declares that Adam’s transgression was a sinful act of rebellion that unleashed the power of sin and death in the human heart and throughout God’s perfect world (Genesis 3:16-19; Romans 5:12; 8:20-21). There is no Biblical support for the view that Adam and Eve could only fulfill the command to "be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28) by disobeying God’s command regarding the forbidden fruit (Genesis 2:17). The Book of Mormon teaching that these divine commands are contradictory, and that God expected Adam and Eve to figure out that in reality He wanted them to break the latter command ("of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it") in order to keep the former ("be fruitful and multiply"), has no basis in logic or the Biblical text, and attributes equivocation to God.
3. The Book of Mormon teaches that black skin is a sign of God’s curse, so that white-skinned people are considered morally and spiritually superior to black skinned people (2 Nephi 5:21). In contrast, the Bible teaches that God "made of one blood all nations of men" (Acts 17:26, KJV), that in Christ distinctions of ethnicity, gender and social class are erased (Galatians 3:28), and that God condemns favoritism (James 2:1).
4. The Book of Mormon teaches that, "it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do" (2 Nephi 25:23; see also Moroni 10:32). In contrast, the Bible teaches that apart from Christ we are dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1,5) and unable to do anything to merit forgiveness and eternal life. Salvation is wholly of grace (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 11:6; Titus 3:5-6), not by grace plus works. Good works are a result, not the basis, of a right relationship with God (Ephesians 2:10).
5. According to the Book of Mormon, about 600 years before Christ, a Nephite prophet predicted that "many plain and precious parts" (1 Nephi 13:26-28) would be removed from the Bible. In contrast, from the Bible it is clear that during His earthly ministry, Jesus himself constantly quoted from the Old Testament Scriptures, and showed full confidence in their completeness and accurate transmission as they had survived down to His time. Jesus declared that "heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away" (Mark 13:31; see also Matthew 5:18), and promised His disciples who were to pen the New Testament that the Holy Ghost "shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you" (John 14:26); Jesus further promised the apostles that they would "bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain" (John 15:16). These promises clearly imply that the fruit of the apostles — the New Testament Scriptures and the Christian church — would endure.
6. According to a Book of Mormon prophecy (Helaman 14:27), at the time of Christ’s crucifixion "darkness should cover the face of the whole earth for the space of three days." In contrast, the New Testament gospel accounts declare repeatedly that there was darkness for only three hours while Jesus was on the cross (Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44).
An earlier prophecy in 1 Nephi 19:10 implies the three days of darkness will be more than regional in scope for it says this sign will be "unto those who inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel." The darkness then would extend over the ocean to the islands and reach as far as Israel in the Middle East.
Book of Mormon references to the fulfillment of this prophecy, however, use wording that could be understood to mean the three days of darkness was only in the Americas, stating that the three days of darkness would be "over the face of the land." (3 Nephi 8:3ff; 10:9). This appears to be the position of the late Mormon General Authority B. H. Roberts in his book Studies of the Book of Mormon, p. 292). If this is the case, then this would resolve the apparent contradiction between the Bible and the Book of Mormon regarding what happened at the time of Christ's death, for we would have 3 hours of darkness in Israel and 3 days of darkness on the American continents. However, this would make the earlier prophecies of 1 Nephi and Helaman internally contradictory with later Book of Mormon references, since their phrasing of "the isles of the sea ... those who are of the house of Israel" and "the whole face of the whole earth" is difficult to understand as merely a localized time of darkness.
7. The Book of Mormon people are said to have observed "all things according to the law of Moses (2 Nephi 5:10; 25:24). However, although they are supposed to have been Hebrews, they were descendents of the tribe of Joseph (1 Nephi 5:17) or Manasseh (Alma 10:3), not the tribe of Levi and family line of Aaron, as the Law of Moses dictates (Numbers 3:10; Exodus 29:9; Numbers 18:1-7), so they would not have had a legitimate priesthood.
8. According to the Book of Mormon, there were many high priests serving at the same time (Mosiah 11:11; Alma 13:9-10; 46:6,38; Helaman 3:25) in the New World, among those it describes as Jewish immigrants from ancient Israel who "kept the law of Moses" (e.g., 2 Nephi 25:10; Jacob 4:5; Jarom 1:5). In contrast, the Bible permits only one individual at a time to occupy the office of high priest under the Old Testament dispensation (see, Leviticus 21:10; Matthew 26:3; Hebrews 8:6-7). (The mention in Luke 3:2 of "Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests" is not a real exception -- in Christ’s time Israel was under the domination of the Romans, who intervened to change the high priest at will. That is, this office became a kind of "political football," rather than following the appointment process dictated in the Law of Moses. See John 18:13, which describes Annas as "father-in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.")
9. The people in the Book of Mormon operated multiple temples (Alma 16:13; 23:2; 26:29) in violation the dictates of the Old Testament Scriptures on two counts: First, God commanded Israel to build only one temple to reflect that fact that there is only one true God (Deuteronomy 12:5,13-14; 16:5-6). Second, the one legitimate temple was to be built in Jerusalem (Zion), the location designated by God (The Old Testament is filled with explicit references to God choosing Jerusalem [Zion] as the place where "His name would dwell" in the temple: for example, 1 Kings 8:44,48; 11:13,32,36; 14:21; 2 Kings 21:7; 23:27; 1 Chronicles 28:4; 2 Chronicles 6:6; 7:12,16; Psalm 78:68-69; Isaiah 18:7.
10. The most common biblical terms used to describe the Old Testament priesthood, temple and appointed feasts, are entirely missing from the Book of Mormon.
•"laver" (13 times in Bible)
•"incense" (121 times in Bible)
•"ark of the covenant" (48 times in Bible)
•"sons of Aaron" (97 times in Bible)
•"mercy seat" (23 in Bible)
•"day of atonement" (21 times in Bible)
•"feast of tabernacles" (17 times in Bible)
•"passover" (59 times in Bible)
•"house of the LORD" (627 in Bible)
•"Aaron" – this name appears 48 times in the Book of Mormon, but never in reference to the biblical Aaron or the Aaronic priesthood
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Psalm 142:1-7 David's prayer—When He was hiding in the Cave
I cry out loudly to God, I plead with God for mercy.
I dump all my complaints before him, and list my troubles in detail:
As I despair, my spirit slowly giving up, you understand how I feel. See the danger I’m in, the covered pits hidden in my path.
Look around and note that there’s not a soul who cares!
I cry out to God, ‘You’re my last chance, my only hope for life!’
Please listen; I’ve never felt so low. Rescue me from those who are tracking after me. I’m no match for them.
Get me out of this prison so I can thank you publicly. Your people will form a circle around me as you’ll bring me showers of blessing!”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 An Instruction of David, a Prayer when he is in the cave. My voice [is] unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice [is] unto Jehovah, I entreat grace.
2 I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.
3 When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.
4 Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.
5 I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'
6 Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.
7 Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!
I cry out loudly to God, I plead with God for mercy.
I dump all my complaints before him, and list my troubles in detail:
As I despair, my spirit slowly giving up, you understand how I feel. See the danger I’m in, the covered pits hidden in my path.
Look around and note that there’s not a soul who cares!
I cry out to God, ‘You’re my last chance, my only hope for life!’
Please listen; I’ve never felt so low. Rescue me from those who are tracking after me. I’m no match for them.
Get me out of this prison so I can thank you publicly. Your people will form a circle around me as you’ll bring me showers of blessing!”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 An Instruction of David, a Prayer when he is in the cave. My voice [is] unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice [is] unto Jehovah, I entreat grace.
2 I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.
3 When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.
4 Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.
5 I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'
6 Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.
7 Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Psalm 143:1-12
Hear my prayer, Dear Lord, listen to my plea! Answer me being faithful, in Your righteousness!
And do not judge me, because in Your sight no mortal is righteous.
The enemy torments my soul --- wearing me down. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
Therefore my spirit is in shock inside me. My heart is disgusted.
I remember history; I ponder all You have accomplished; I wonder regarding work of Your hands.
I reach out my hands to You; My soul needs You, as soil during a drought. (Imagine that)
Answer me fast, Dear Lord, my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will become like those who enter the pit.
Let me hear Your loving kindness upon wakening. For I have faith in You. Teach me Your direction, because I look up to You.
Save me, Dear Lord, from my enemies ----- I seek refuge in You.
Teach me to do Your will ---- for You are my God. Let Your Spirit lead me across level ground.
For the sake of Your name sake, Dear Lord, revive me. In Your righteousness deliver my soul from torment.
And in Your loving kindness, stifle my enemies, and destroy all those who torment my soul --- being Your servant.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me -- in Thy righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
3 For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
4 And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
5 I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.
6 I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul [is] as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
7 Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit.
8 Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.
9 Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah, Near Thee I am covered.
10 Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou [art] my God -- Thy Spirit [is] good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.
11 For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,
12 And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Thy servant!
Hear my prayer, Dear Lord, listen to my plea! Answer me being faithful, in Your righteousness!
And do not judge me, because in Your sight no mortal is righteous.
The enemy torments my soul --- wearing me down. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
Therefore my spirit is in shock inside me. My heart is disgusted.
I remember history; I ponder all You have accomplished; I wonder regarding work of Your hands.
I reach out my hands to You; My soul needs You, as soil during a drought. (Imagine that)
Answer me fast, Dear Lord, my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will become like those who enter the pit.
Let me hear Your loving kindness upon wakening. For I have faith in You. Teach me Your direction, because I look up to You.
Save me, Dear Lord, from my enemies ----- I seek refuge in You.
Teach me to do Your will ---- for You are my God. Let Your Spirit lead me across level ground.
For the sake of Your name sake, Dear Lord, revive me. In Your righteousness deliver my soul from torment.
And in Your loving kindness, stifle my enemies, and destroy all those who torment my soul --- being Your servant.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me -- in Thy righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
3 For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
4 And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
5 I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.
6 I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul [is] as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
7 Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit.
8 Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.
9 Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah, Near Thee I am covered.
10 Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou [art] my God -- Thy Spirit [is] good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.
11 For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,
12 And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Thy servant!