Helaman 12: 3

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THE BOOK OF HELAMAN

CHAPTER 12

3 And thus we see that except the Lord doth ^achasten his people with many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with ^bdeath and with terror, and with famine and with all manner of pestilence, they will not ^cremember him.

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3a	Deut. 11: 2 (1-8) 2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the ^achastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, Ezek. 20: 26. 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass ^athrough the ^bfire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the ^cend that they might ^dknow that I am the Lord. Mosiah 23: 21. 21 Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to ^achasten his people; yea, he trieth their ^bpatience and their faith. D&C 98: 21. 21 Verily I say unto you, that I, the Lord, will ^achasten them and will do whatsoever I list, if they do not repent and observe all things whatsoever I have said unto them. D&C 101: 8. 8 In the day of their peace they esteemed lightly my counsel; but, in the day of their ^atrouble, of necessity they ^bfeel after me.
b	Ps. 78: 34. 34 When he ^aslew them, then they sought him: and they ^breturned and ^cenquired early after God.
c	Amos 4: 6 (6-11) 6 ¶ And I also have given you ^acleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not ^breturned unto me, saith the Lord. Jonah 2: 7. 7 When my soul fainted within me I ^aremembered the Lord: and my ^bprayer came in unto thee, into thine holy ^ctemple. Mosiah 1: 17. 17 Therefore, as they were ^aunfaithful they did not prosper nor progress in their journey, but were ^bdriven back, and incurred the displeasure of God upon them; and therefore they were smitten with famine and sore ^cafflictions, to stir them up in ^dremembrance of their duty.