Doctrine and Covenants 39: 9

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

SECTION 39

9 Nevertheless, thou hast seen great ^asorrow, for thou hast ^brejected me many times because of pride and the cares of the ^cworld.

Footnotes

9a	Mosiah 7: 29. 29 For behold, the Lord hath said: I will not ^asuccor my people in the day of their transgression; but I will hedge up their ways that they prosper not; and their doings shall be as a ^bstumbling block before them.
b	John 12: 48. 48 He that ^arejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that ^bjudgeth him: the ^cword that I have spoken, the same shall ^djudge him in the last day. Alma 10: 6. 6 Nevertheless, I did harden my heart, for I was ^acalled many times and I would not ^bhear; therefore I knew concerning these things, yet I would not know; therefore I went on rebelling ^cagainst God, in the wickedness of my heart, even until the fourth day of this seventh month, which is in the tenth year of the reign of the judges.
c	Matt. 13: 22. 22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this ^aworld, and the ^bdeceitfulness of ^criches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. Hel. 7: 5. 5 Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go ^aunpunished because of their ^bmoney; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the ^cworld, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills—