From me

1. Gen. 13: 9
     9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
2. Gen. 22: 12
     12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
3. Gen. 31: 27, 31
     27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
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     31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
4. Gen. 39: 9
     9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
5. Gen. 44: 28-29
     28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
     29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
6. Gen. 45: 1
     1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
7. Ex. 8: 8
     8 ¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.
8. Ex. 10: 17, 28
     17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
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     28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
9. Num. 17: 5, 10
     5 And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
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     10 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
10. Num. 22: 33
      33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
11. Deut. 7: 4
      4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
12. Josh. 7: 19
      19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
13. Judg. 16: 17
      17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
14. 1 Sam. 2: 30
      30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
15. 1 Sam. 3: 17
      17 And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
16. 1 Sam. 10: 2
      2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
17. 1 Sam. 13: 11
      11 ¶ And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
18. 1 Sam. 15: 11
      11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
19. 1 Sam. 20: 2
      2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
20. 1 Sam. 22: 15
      15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
21. 1 Sam. 28: 15
      15 ¶ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
22. 2 Sam. 2: 22
      22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
23. 2 Sam. 13: 9, 17
      9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
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      17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
24. 2 Sam. 14: 18
      18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
25. 2 Sam. 20: 20
      20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
26. 2 Sam. 23: 17
      17 And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
27. 1 Kgs. 2: 31
      31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
28. 1 Kgs. 3: 20
      20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
29. 1 Kgs. 9: 6
      6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
30. 1 Kgs. 12: 24
      24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.
31. 1 Kgs. 15: 19
      19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
32. 1 Kgs. 20: 36
      36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
33. 1 Kgs. 22: 24
      24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?
34. 2 Kgs. 4: 27
      27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
35. 2 Kgs. 18: 14
      14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
36. 2 Chr. 16: 3
      3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
37. 2 Chr. 18: 23
      23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?
38. Ezra 4: 21
      21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
39. Neh. 13: 28
      28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
40. Job 6: 13
      13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
41. Job 7: 19
      19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
42. Job 9: 34
      34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
43. Job 13: 21
      21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
44. Job 19: 13
      13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
45. Job 21: 16
      16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
46. Job 22: 18
      18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
47. Job 27: 5
      5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
48. Job 30: 10
      10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
49. Ps. 6: 8
      8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
50. Ps. 13: 1
      1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
51. Ps. 18: 22
      22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
52. Ps. 22: 1, 11, 19
      1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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      11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
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      19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
53. Ps. 27: 9
      9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
54. Ps. 31: 11
      11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
55. Ps. 35: 22
      22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
56. Ps. 38: 10, 21
      10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
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      21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
57. Ps. 39: 10
      10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
58. Ps. 40: 11
      11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
59. Ps. 51: 11
      11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
60. Ps. 66: 20
      20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
61. Ps. 71: 12
      12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
62. Ps. 88: 8, 14, 18
      8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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      14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
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      18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
63. Ps. 101: 4
      4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
64. Ps. 102: 2
      2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
65. Ps. 119: 19, 22, 29, 115
      19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
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      22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
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      29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
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      115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
66. Ps. 139: 19
      19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
67. Ps. 143: 7
      7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
68. Prov. 30: 8
      8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
69. Eccl. 7: 23
      23 ¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
70. Song. 5: 7
      7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
71. Song. 6: 5
      5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
72. Isa. 22: 4
      4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
73. Isa. 29: 13
      13 ¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
74. Isa. 38: 12
      12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
75. Isa. 48: 19
      19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
76. Isa. 51: 4
      4 ¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
77. Jer. 2: 5, 35
      5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
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      35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
78. Jer. 3: 19
      19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
79. Jer. 13: 25
      25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
80. Jer. 17: 13
      13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
81. Jer. 31: 36
      36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
82. Jer. 32: 40
      40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
83. Jer. 38: 14
      14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
84. Jer. 51: 53
      53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.
85. Lam. 1: 16
      16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
86. Ezek. 3: 17
      17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
87. Ezek. 6: 9
      9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
88. Ezek. 11: 24
      24 ¶ Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
89. Ezek. 14: 5, 7, 11
      5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
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      7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:
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      11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.
90. Ezek. 30: 9
      9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
91. Ezek. 33: 7
      7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
92. Ezek. 43: 9
      9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
93. Ezek. 44: 10, 15
      10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
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      15 ¶ But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:
94. Dan. 2: 5, 8
      5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
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      8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
95. Hosea 5: 3
      3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
96. Hosea 7: 13
      13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
97. Hosea 11: 7
      7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
98. Hosea 14: 8
      8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
99. Amos 5: 23
      23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
100. Jonah 4: 3
       3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
101. Micah 2: 4
       4 ¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
102. Matt. 7: 23
       23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
103. Matt. 15: 8
       8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
104. Matt. 25: 41
       41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
105. Matt. 26: 39, 42
       39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
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       42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
106. Mark 7: 6
       6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
107. Mark 14: 36
       36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
108. Luke 5: 8
       8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
109. Luke 13: 27
       27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
110. Luke 16: 3
       3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
111. Luke 22: 42
       42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
112. John 10: 18
       18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
113. 2 Cor. 12: 8
       8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
114. 2 Tim. 1: 15
       15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
115. 1 Ne. 4: 30
       30 And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before me and return to the city of Jerusalem.
116. 1 Ne. 17: 49
       49 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto them that they should murmur no more against their father; neither should they withhold their labor from me, for God had commanded me that I should build a ship.
117. 1 Ne. 20: 19
       19 Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
118. 2 Ne. 8: 4
       4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people.
119. 2 Ne. 26: 25
       25 Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without price.
120. 2 Ne. 27: 25
       25 Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men—
121. Alma 11: 25
       25 And now thou hast lied before God unto me. Thou saidst unto me—Behold these six onties, which are of great worth, I will give unto thee—when thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me; and it was only thy desire that I should deny the true and living God, that thou mightest have cause to destroy me. And now behold, for this great evil thou shalt have thy reward.
122. Alma 33: 11
       11 And thou didst hear me because of mine afflictions and my sincerity; and it is because of thy Son that thou hast been thus merciful unto me, therefore I will cry unto thee in all mine afflictions, for in thee is my joy; for thou hast turned thy judgments away from me, because of thy Son.
123. Alma 61: 4
       4 And it is those who have sought to take away the judgment-seat from me that have been the cause of this great iniquity; for they have used great flattery, and they have led away the hearts of many people, which will be the cause of sore affliction among us; they have withheld our provisions, and have daunted our freemen that they have not come unto you.
124. 3 Ne. 14: 23
       23 And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
125. D&C 9: 9
       9 But if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong; therefore, you cannot write that which is sacred save it be given you from me.
126. D&C 29: 28, 36
       28 Wherefore I will say unto them—Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
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       36 And it came to pass that Adam, being tempted of the devil—for, behold, the devil was before Adam, for he rebelled against me, saying, Give me thine honor, which is my power; and also a third part of the hosts of heaven turned he away from me because of their agency;
127. D&C 45: 29
       29 But they receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men.
128. Moses 1: 15, 20
       15 Blessed be the name of my God, for his Spirit hath not altogether withdrawn from me, or else where is thy glory, for it is darkness unto me? And I can judge between thee and God; for God said unto me: Worship God, for him only shalt thou serve.
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       20 And it came to pass that Moses began to fear exceedingly; and as he began to fear, he saw the bitterness of hell. Nevertheless, calling upon God, he received strength, and he commanded, saying: Depart from me, Satan, for this one God only will I worship, which is the God of glory.
129. Abr. 1: 17
       17 And this because they have turned their hearts away from me, to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.
130. Abr. 2: 12
       12 Now, after the Lord had withdrawn from speaking to me, and withdrawn his face from me, I said in my heart: Thy servant has sought thee earnestly; now I have found thee;
131. JS-H 1: 19, 47, 60
       19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”
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       47 After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before, and I was again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just experienced; when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ascended from me for the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day was approaching, so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of that night.
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       60 I soon found out the reason why I had received such strict charges to keep them safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that when I had done what was required at my hand, he would call for them. For no sooner was it known that I had them, than the most strenuous exertions were used to get them from me. Every stratagem that could be invented was resorted to for that purpose. The persecution became more bitter and severe than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to get them from me if possible. But by the wisdom of God, they remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.