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THE BOOK OF JACOB
THE BROTHER OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 4
  10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to acounsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in bwisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.

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Josh. 9: 14.
  14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not acounsel at the mouth of the Lord.
Prov. 15: 22.
  22 Without acounsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Isa. 45: 9.
  9 Woe unto him that astriveth with his bMaker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the cclay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
2 Ne. 9: 28-29.
  28 O that cunning aplan of the evil one! O the bvainness, and the frailties, and the cfoolishness of men! When they are dlearned they think they are ewise, and they fhearken not unto the gcounsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their hwisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.
Alma 37: 12, 37.
  12 And it may suffice if I only say they are preserved for a awise purpose, which purpose is known unto God; for he doth bcounsel in wisdom over all his works, and his paths are straight, and his course is cone eternal round.
D&C 3: 4, 13.
  4 For although a man may have many arevelations, and have bpower to do many mighty works, yet if he cboasts in his own dstrength, and sets at naught the ecounsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and fcarnal desires, he must fall and incur the gvengeance of a hjust God upon him.
D&C 22: 4.
  4 Wherefore, enter ye in at the agate, as I have commanded, and bseek not to counsel your God. Amen.
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