Doctrine and CovenantsMormonism / Latter-day SaintsModern Religious TextEnglishShareDoctrine and Covenants 97LDS Documentation Project - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableLDS Documentation ProjectLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Doctrine and Covenants 1Doctrine and Covenants 2Doctrine and Covenants 3Doctrine and Covenants 4Doctrine and Covenants 5Doctrine and Covenants 6Doctrine and Covenants 7Doctrine and Covenants 8Doctrine and Covenants 9Doctrine and Covenants 10Doctrine and Covenants 11Doctrine and Covenants 12Doctrine and Covenants 13Doctrine and Covenants 14Doctrine and Covenants 15Doctrine and Covenants 16Doctrine and Covenants 17Doctrine and Covenants 18Doctrine and Covenants 19Doctrine and Covenants 20Doctrine and Covenants 21Doctrine and Covenants 22Doctrine and Covenants 23Doctrine and Covenants 24Doctrine and Covenants 25Doctrine and Covenants 26Doctrine and Covenants 27Doctrine and Covenants 28Doctrine and Covenants 29Doctrine and Covenants 30Doctrine and Covenants 31Doctrine and Covenants 32Doctrine and Covenants 33Doctrine and Covenants 34Doctrine and Covenants 35Doctrine and Covenants 36Doctrine and Covenants 37Doctrine and Covenants 38Doctrine and Covenants 39Doctrine and Covenants 40Doctrine and Covenants 41Doctrine and Covenants 42Doctrine and Covenants 43Doctrine and Covenants 44Doctrine and Covenants 45Doctrine and Covenants 46Doctrine and Covenants 47Doctrine and Covenants 48Doctrine and Covenants 49Doctrine and Covenants 50Doctrine and Covenants 51Doctrine and Covenants 52Doctrine and Covenants 53Doctrine and Covenants 54Doctrine and Covenants 55Doctrine and Covenants 56Doctrine and Covenants 57Doctrine and Covenants 58Doctrine and Covenants 59Doctrine and Covenants 60Doctrine and Covenants 61Doctrine and Covenants 62Doctrine and Covenants 63Doctrine and Covenants 64Doctrine and Covenants 65Doctrine and Covenants 66Doctrine and Covenants 67Doctrine and Covenants 68Doctrine and Covenants 69Doctrine and Covenants 70Doctrine and Covenants 71Doctrine and Covenants 72Doctrine and Covenants 73Doctrine and Covenants 74Doctrine and Covenants 75Doctrine and Covenants 76Doctrine and Covenants 77Doctrine and Covenants 78Doctrine and Covenants 79Doctrine and Covenants 80Doctrine and Covenants 81Doctrine and Covenants 82Doctrine and Covenants 83Doctrine and Covenants 84Doctrine and Covenants 85Doctrine and Covenants 86Doctrine and Covenants 87Doctrine and Covenants 88Doctrine and Covenants 89Doctrine and Covenants 90Doctrine and Covenants 91Doctrine and Covenants 92Doctrine and Covenants 93Doctrine and Covenants 94Doctrine and Covenants 95Doctrine and Covenants 96Doctrine and Covenants 97Doctrine and Covenants 98Doctrine and Covenants 99Doctrine and Covenants 100Doctrine and Covenants 101Doctrine and Covenants 102Doctrine and Covenants 103Doctrine and Covenants 104Doctrine and Covenants 105Doctrine and Covenants 106Doctrine and Covenants 107Doctrine and Covenants 108Doctrine and Covenants 109Doctrine and Covenants 110Doctrine and Covenants 111Doctrine and Covenants 112Doctrine and Covenants 113Doctrine and Covenants 114Doctrine and Covenants 115Doctrine and Covenants 116Doctrine and Covenants 117Doctrine and Covenants 118Doctrine and Covenants 119Doctrine and Covenants 120Doctrine and Covenants 121Doctrine and Covenants 122Doctrine and Covenants 123Doctrine and Covenants 124Doctrine and Covenants 125Doctrine and Covenants 126Doctrine and Covenants 127Doctrine and Covenants 128Doctrine and Covenants 129Doctrine and Covenants 130Doctrine and Covenants 131Doctrine and Covenants 132Doctrine and Covenants 133Doctrine and Covenants 134Doctrine and Covenants 135Doctrine and Covenants 136Doctrine and Covenants 137Doctrine and Covenants 138›Doctrine and Covenants 97Doctrine and Covenants 97ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Verily I say unto you my friends, I speak unto you with my voice, even the voice of my Spirit, that I may show unto you my will concerning your brethren in the land of Zion, many of whom are truly humble and are seeking diligently to learn wisdom and to find truth. 2Verily, verily I say unto you, blessed are such, for they shall obtain; for I, the Lord, show mercy unto all the meek, and upon all whomsoever I will, that I may be justified when I shall bring them unto judgment. 3Behold, I say unto you, concerning the school in Zion, I, the Lord, am well pleased that there should be a school in Zion, and also with my servant Parley P. Pratt, for he abideth in me. 4And inasmuch as he continueth to abide in me he shall continue to preside over the school in the land of Zion until I shall give unto him other commandments. 5And I will bless him with a multiplicity of blessings, in expounding all scriptures and mysteries to the edification of the school, and of the church in Zion. 6And to the residue of the school, I, the Lord, am willing to show mercy; nevertheless, there are those that must needs be chastened, and their works shall be made known. 7The ax is laid at the root of the trees; and every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire. I, the Lord, have spoken it. 8Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are honest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe their covenants by sacrifice--yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command--they are accepted of me. 9For I, the Lord, will cause them to bring forth as a very fruitful tree which is planted in a goodly land, by a pure stream, that yieldeth much precious fruit. 10Verily I say unto you, that it is my will that a house should be built unto me in the land of Zion, like unto the pattern which I have given you. 11Yea, let it be built speedily, by the tithing of my people. 12Behold, this is the tithing and the sacrifice which I, the Lord, require at their hands, that there may be a house built unto me for the salvation of Zion-- 13For a place of thanksgiving for all saints, and for a place of instruction for all those who are called to the work of the ministry in all their several callings and offices; 14That they may be perfected in the understanding of their ministry, in theory, in principle, and in doctrine, in all things pertaining to the kingdom of God on the earth, the keys of which kingdom have been conferred upon you. 15And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the name of the Lord, and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my glory shall rest upon it; 16Yea, and my presence shall be there, for I will come into it, and all the pure in heart that shall come into it shall see God. 17But if it be defiled I will not come into it, and my glory shall not be there; for I will not come into unholy temples. 18And, now, behold, if Zion do these things she shall prosper, and spread herself and become very glorious, very great, and very terrible. 19And the nations of the earth shall honor her, and shall say: Surely Zion is the city of our God, and surely Zion cannot fall, neither be moved out of her place, for God is there, and the hand of the Lord is there; 20And he hath sworn by the power of his might to be her salvation and her high tower. 21Therefore, verily, thus saith the Lord, let Zion rejoice, for this is Zion--the pure in heart; therefore, let Zion rejoice, while all the wicked shall mourn. 22For behold, and lo, vengeance cometh speedily upon the ungodly as the whirlwind; and who shall escape it? 23The Lord's scourge shall pass over by night and by day, and the report thereof shall vex all people; yea, it shall not be stayed until the Lord come; 24For the indignation of the Lord is kindled against their abominations and all their wicked works. 25Nevertheless, Zion shall escape if she observe to do all things whatsoever I have commanded her. 26But if she observe not to do whatsoever I have commanded her, I will visit her according to all her works, with sore affliction, with pestilence, with plague, with sword, with vengeance, with devouring fire. 27Nevertheless, let it be read this once to her ears, that I, the Lord, have accepted of her offering; and if she sin no more none of these things shall come upon her; 28And I will bless her with blessings, and multiply a multiplicity of blessings upon her, and upon her generations forever and ever, saith the Lord your God. Amen. ‹Previous chapterDoctrine and Covenants 96Next chapterDoctrine and Covenants 98›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain LDS Documentation Project scripture export