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Cruelty and Violence in The Book of Mormon

There are 150 verses tagged with Cruelty and Violence in The Book of Mormon:
    17:37 And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth the nations of the wicked....
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 17:37
  • 17:41 And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 17:41
  • 21:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 21:26
  • 22:13 And the blood of that great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads; for they shall war among themselves, and the...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 22:13
  • 22:14 And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 22:14
  • 22:16 For the time soon cometh that the fulness of the wrath of God shall be poured out upon all the children of men; for he will not suffer...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 22:16
  • 4:10 And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 4:10
  • 4:11 And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea,...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 4:11
  • 4:12 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 4:12
  • 4:13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should...
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 4:13
  • 4:18 Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit, and took Laban by the hair of the head, and I smote off his head with his own sword....
    The Book of Mormon:1 Nephi 4:18
  • 10:2 For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises unto us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that many of our children shall perish...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 10:2
  • 10:6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 10:6
  • 13:24 And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 13:24
  • 14:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 14:4
  • 18:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 18:9
  • 19:17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer,...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 19:17
  • 19:19 Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother....
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 19:19
  • 21:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 21:4
  • 23:15 Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword....
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 23:15
  • 23:6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty....
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 23:6
  • 24:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquities of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 24:21
  • 26:19 And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 26:19
  • 26:4 Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for they shall be as stubble....
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 26:4
  • 26:5 And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and mountains shall cover them, and whirlwinds...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 26:5
  • 28:23 Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of God, and...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 28:23
  • 30:10 For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea,...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 30:10
  • 30:9 And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 30:9
  • 6:15 And they that believe not in him shall be destroyed, both by fire, and by tempest, and by earthquakes, and by bloodsheds, and by pestilence, and by famine. And...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 6:15
  • 6:18 And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 6:18
  • 8:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 8:6
  • 9:16 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 9:16
  • 9:19 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel! For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 9:19
  • 9:24 And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 9:24
  • 9:26 For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon all those who have not the law given to them, that they are delivered from that awful monster, death and...
    The Book of Mormon:2 Nephi 9:26
  • 11:34 And whoso believeth not in me, and is not baptized, shall be damned....
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 11:34
  • 20:16 Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 20:16
  • 20:17 Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off....
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 20:17
  • 20:19 For I will make my people with whom the Father hath covenanted, yea, I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass. And thou shalt...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 20:19
  • 20:20 And it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that the sword of my justice shall hang over them at that day; and except they repent it shall fall...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 20:20
  • 21:11 Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 21:11
  • 21:12 And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 21:12
  • 21:13 Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their enemies shall be cut off....
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 21:13
  • 21:16 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy land, and thou shalt have no more soothsayers;...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 21:16
  • 21:18 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy cities....
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 21:18
  • 21:20 For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day whosoever will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son, them will I cut off...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 21:20
  • 25:1 For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 25:1
  • 26:5 If they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation; being on a parallel, the...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 26:5
  • 27:17 And he that endureth not unto the end, the same is he that is also hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return, because of the justice of...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 27:17
  • 27:33 It came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings he said unto his disciples: Enter ye in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and...
    The Book of Mormon:3 Nephi 27:33

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