Doctrine and Covenants 3: 7

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

SECTION 3

7 For, behold, you should not have ^afeared man more than God. Although men set at naught the counsels of God, and ^bdespise his words—

Footnotes

Neh. 6: 13.

13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be ^aafraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an ^bevil report, that they might reproach me.

Ps. 27: 1 (1-14)

1 The Lord is my ^alight and my ^bsalvation; whom shall I ^cfear? the Lord is the ^dstrength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Isa. 57: 11.

11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or ^afeared, that thou hast ^blied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

Luke 9: 26.

26 For whosoever shall be ^aashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the ^bSon of man be ashamed, ^cwhen he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.

John 12: 43 (42-43)

43 For they loved the ^apraise of men more than the praise of God.

Acts 4: 19.

19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to ^ahearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

D&C 122: 9 (4-9)

9 Therefore, ^ahold on thy way, and the priesthood shall ^bremain with thee; for their ^cbounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy ^ddays are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, ^efear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.

TG Courage.

TG Fearfulness.

Num. 15: 31 (30-31)

31 Because he hath ^adespised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

2 Sam. 12: 9 (7-9)

9 Wherefore hast thou ^adespised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast ^bkilled ^cUriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his ^dwife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

1 Ne. 19: 7.

7 For the things which some men esteem to be of great worth, both to the body and soul, others set at ^anaught and trample under their feet. Yea, even the very God of Israel do men ^btrample under their feet; I say, trample under their feet but I would speak in other words—they set him at naught, and ^chearken not to the voice of his counsels.

2 Ne. 33: 2.

2 But behold, there are many that ^aharden their ^bhearts against the Holy ^cSpirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught.

Jacob 4: 14 (8-14)

14 But behold, the Jews were a ^astiffnecked people; and they ^bdespised the words of ^cplainness, and ^dkilled the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their ^eblindness, which ^fblindness came by looking beyond the ^gmark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many things which they ^hcannot understand, because they desired it. And because they desired it God hath done it, that they may ⁱstumble.

TG Hate.