1 Nephi 7: 8

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THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI
HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

CHAPTER 7

8 And now I, Nephi, being ^agrieved for the hardness of their hearts, therefore I spake unto them, saying, yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel: Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have need that I, your ^byounger brother, should speak unto you, yea, and set an ^cexample for you?

Footnotes

8a	Mosiah 28: 3. 3 Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not ^abear that any human ^bsoul should ^cperish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure ^dendless torment did cause them to quake and ^etremble. Alma 31: 2. 2 For it was the cause of great ^asorrow to Alma to know of iniquity among his people; therefore his heart was exceedingly ^bsorrowful because of the separation of the Zoramites from the Nephites. 3 Ne. 17: 14. 14 And it came to pass that when they had knelt upon the ground, Jesus groaned within himself, and said: Father, I am ^atroubled because of the wickedness of the people of the house of Israel. Moses 7: 41. 41 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Enoch, and ^atold Enoch all the doings of the children of men; wherefore Enoch knew, and looked upon their wickedness, and their misery, and wept and stretched forth his arms, and his ^bheart swelled wide as eternity; and his bowels yearned; and all eternity shook.
b	1 Chr. 29: 1. 1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet ^ayoung and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. D&C 1: 19 (19, 23). 19 The ^aweak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man ^bshould not counsel his fellow man, neither ^ctrust in the arm of flesh—
c	TG Example.