Doctrine and Covenants 121: 38

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 121

38 Behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself, to ^akick against the pricks, to ^bpersecute the saints, and to ^cfight against God.

Footnotes

38a	Acts 9: 5. 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am ^aJesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to ^bkick against the pricks. Acts 26: 14. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, ^aSaul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick ^bagainst the pricks.
b	TG Persecution.
c	Micah 3: 5. 5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord concerning the ^aprophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, ^bPeace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare ^cwar against him. 1 Ne. 11: 35 (34-36). 35 And the multitude of the earth was gathered together; and I beheld that they were in a large and spacious ^abuilding, like unto the building which my father saw. And the angel of the Lord spake unto me again, saying: Behold the world and the wisdom thereof; yea, behold the house of Israel hath gathered together to ^bfight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.