Mosiah 21: 15

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THE BOOK OF MOSIAH

CHAPTER 21

15 And now the Lord was slow to ^ahear their cry because of their iniquities; nevertheless the Lord did hear their ^bcries, and began to soften the hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their burdens; yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage.

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15a

1 Sam. 8: 18.

18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your ^aking which ye shall have ^bchosen you; and the Lord will not ^chear you in that day.

Prov. 15: 29.

29 The Lord is ^afar from the ^bwicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Isa. 59: 2.

2 But your iniquities have ^aseparated between you and your God, and your ^bsins ^chave hid his face from you, that he will not ^dhear.

Jer. 7: 16.

16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not ^ahear thee.

Jer. 14: 12 (10-12)

12 When they fast, I will not ^ahear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will ^bconsume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Mosiah 11: 24 (23-25)

24 Yea, and it shall come to pass that when they shall ^acry unto me I will be ^bslow to hear their cries; yea, and I will suffer them that they be smitten by their enemies.

D&C 101: 7 (7-9)

7 They were slow to ^ahearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; therefore, the Lord their God is slow to hearken unto their prayers, to answer them in the day of their trouble.

Ex. 3: 9 (7, 9)

9 Now therefore, behold, the ^acry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

2 Ne. 26: 15.

15 After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have ^adwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have ^bcamped against them round about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the ^cprayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have ^ddwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

D&C 109: 49.

49 O Lord, ^ahow long wilt thou suffer this people to bear this affliction, and the ^bcries of their innocent ones to ascend up in thine ears, and their ^cblood come up in testimony before thee, and not make a display of thy testimony in their behalf?