A Sample of Biblical Motifs in the Book of Mormon (Part II)

The following is a list of Biblical motifs and phrases found in the Book of Mormon.

  1. If you do not preach, the blood of the wicked will be on you (Jacob1:19)/(Ezekiel 3:18-20)
  2. Set a mark on their foreheads (Alma 3:18)/(Ezekiel 9:4)
  3. Genealogies written in books (1 Nephi 5:14)/(1 Chronicles 9:1)
  4. The tribe of Manasseh lives in Jerusalem (Alma 10:3)/(1 Chronicles 9:3)
  5. Make it after the pattern shown thee in the mount (1 Nephi 17:7-8)/(Exodus 25:40)/(Hebrews 8:5)
  6. White as snow (1 Nephi 11:8)/(Mark 9:3)/(Isaiah 1:18)
  7. True and living God (Alma 11:27)/(Jeremiah 10:10)
  8. They are the gods among us (Alma 18:4)/(Acts 14:11)
  9. 3 days of darkness/vapor of darkness (3 Nephi 8:20/10:10)/(Exodus 10:21-23)
  10. Land will be desolate (Alma 22:30)/(Jeremiah 6:8)
  11. Child of hell/devil (Alma 11:23)/(Acts 13:10)
  12. Seen and heard (Mormon 1:1)/(Acts 4:20)
  13. Spirit which giveth utterance (2 Nephi 28:4)/(Acts 2:4)
  14. Bond and free, male and female (Alma 11:44)/(Galatians 3:28)
  15. With our might (Mormon 2:4)/(Ecclesiastes 9:10)
  16. Taste of the goodness of the Lord (Mormon 1:15)/(Psalm 34:8)
  17. As dung on the face of the earth (Mormon 2:15)/(Jeremiah 8:2)
  18. Perverted the way (2 Nephi 28:15)/(Jeremiah 3:21)
  19. Burst their bands (1 Nephi 7:17)/(Jeremiah 2:20)
  20. 4th Generation (2 Nephi 26:9)/(Genesis 15:16)
  21. Built an altar to the Lord (1 Nephi 2:7)/(Genesis 8:20)
  22. My Spirit shall not always strive with man (2 Nephi 26:11)/(Genesis 6:3)
  23. Cursed is the land for your sakes (Mormon 1:17)/(Genesis 3:17)
  24. Be as gods, knowing good and evil (2 Nephi 2:18)/(Genesis 3:4)
  25. Stars in the firmament (1 Nephi 1:10)/(Genesis 3:4)
  26. Type and a shadow (Mosiah 13:10)/(Hebrews 8:5)
  27. No hair of the head will be lost (Alma 40:23)/(Acts 27:34)
  28. Swallowed up (2 Nephi 26:5)/(Lamentations 2:2)
  29. Blot out their name (Mosiah 5:11)/(Deuteronomy 9:14)
  30. Prophet given a book to read (1 Nephi 1:11-12)/(Ezekiel 2:8-9)
  31. Jerusalem, I have seen thy abominations (1 Nephi 1:13)/(Ezekiel 8:6)
  32. Left hand of God (Mosiah 5:10)/(Matthew 25:23)
  33. Same yesterday, today, and forever (2 Nephi 2:4)/(Hebrews 13:8)
  34. Sins which easily beset me (2 Nephi 4:18)/(Hebrews 12:1)
  35. Armor of righteousness (2 Nephi 1:23)/(II Corinthians 6:7)
  36. God cannot lie (Enos 1:6)/(Hebrews 6:18)
  37. Fight a good fight/warfare (Alma 1:1)/(I Timothy 6:12)
  38. Trump of God (Alma 29:1)/(I Thessalonians 4:16)
  39. Every knee shall bow (Mosiah 27:31)/(Philippians 2:10-11)
  40. Fiery darts (1 Nephi 15:24)/(Ephesians 6:16)
  41. Awake from deep sleep (2 Nephi 25:2)/(Ephesians 5:14)
  42. Ye were past feeling (1 Nephi 17:25)/(Ephesians 4:19)
  43. Works of darkness (2 Nephi 1:13)/(Ephesians 5:14)
  44. According to his will and pleasure (Jacob 5:14)/(Ephesians 1:5)
  45. Strength in weakness (Ether 12:26-27)/(II Corinthians 12:9-10)
  46. Whether they be good or evil (Mosiah 3:24)/(II Corinthians 5:10)
  47. Gone out of the way (2 Nephi 28:11)/(Hebrews 5:2)
  48. Writing on wall written by the finger of God (Alma 10:2)/(Daniel 5:5)
  49. Called with a holy calling (Alma 13:3)/(II Timothy 1:9)
  50. Water my couch/pillow with tears (2 Nephi 33:3)/(Psalm 6:6)
  51. Judgments and statutes of the law (2 Nephi 5:10)/(Deuteronomy 4:8)
  52. Trial of your faith (Ether 12:6)/(I Peter 1:7)
  53. Stir you up to remembrance (1 Nephi 2:24)/(II Peter 3:1)
  54. Pollutions (Mormon 8:31)/(Jeremiah 3:2)
  55. Elements will melt with fervent heat (Mormon 9:2)/(II Peter 3:12)
  56. Everlasting chains (2 Nephi 28:19)/(Jude 1:6)
  57. Fell as though he was dead (Alma 22:18)/(Revelation 1:17)
  58. As a scroll rolled together (Mormon 9:2)/(Revelation 6:14)
  59. Rocks and mountains fall on us to hide us from the Lord (Alma 12:14)/(Revelation 6:16)/(Hosea 10:8)
  60. The harvest is ripe (Alma 26:5)/(Revelation 14:15)
  61. Make my path straight before me (2 Nephi 4:33)/(Psalm 5:8)
  62. Bow of steel (1 Nephi 16:18)/(Psalm 18:34)
  63. Grievous to be borne (Mosiah 7:23)/(Matthew 23:4)
  64. The residue of men (Moroni 7:32)/(Acts 15:17)
  65. Lord will hide your sins from his face (3 Nephi 9:5)/(Psalm 51:9)
  66. Gates of righteousness (2 Nephi 4:32)/(Psalm 118:19)
  67. Fill up the garners (Alma 26:5)/(Psalm 144:13)
  68. Apply your heart to understanding; be wise (Mosiah 12:27)/(Proverbs 2:2)
  69. Cords of sin (2 Nephi 26:22)/(Proverbs 5:22)
  70. Ordained elders in the church (Alma 6:1)/(Acts 14:23)

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