Moses 5: 23

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BOOK OF MOSES

CHAPTER 5

(June—October 1830)

23 If thou doest well, thou shalt be ^aaccepted. And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door, and Satan ^bdesireth to have thee; and except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will ^cdeliver thee up, and it shall be unto thee according to his desire. And thou shalt ^drule over him;

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23a	Gen. 4: 7. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ^aaccepted? and if thou ^bdoest not well, ^csin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be ^dhis ^edesire, and thou shalt rule over him. D&C 52: 15. 15 Wherefore he that prayeth, whose spirit is ^acontrite, the same is ^baccepted of me if he obey mine ^cordinances. D&C 97: 8. 8 Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are ^ahonest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are ^bwilling to observe their covenants by ^csacrifice—yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command—they are ^daccepted of me. D&C 132: 50. 50 Behold, I have seen your ^asacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your ^bsacrifices in obedience to that which I have told you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I ^caccepted the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac.
b	Gen. 4: 7. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ^aaccepted? and if thou ^bdoest not well, ^csin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be ^dhis ^edesire, and thou shalt rule over him.
c	TG Bondage, Spiritual.
d	Moses 5: 30. 30 And Satan sware unto Cain that he would do according to his ^acommands. And all these things were done in secret.