Harker Family - Repentance Information

Studies on Repentance

As a Bishop at BYU I have had to counsel with many individuals about the topic of repentance. In order to understand the importance of this topic from a gospel standpoint, I have read the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. Following is a listing of the scriptures I have chosen from these texts, listed according to my own topics. Others may find their own topics to be more appropriate, but these are my notes from my study. Many of the scriptures could have naturally fallen into other topic areas (as many apply to more than one), however, I have put them only in one topic.

Destruction Awaits the Wicked - Prosperity for the Righteous

1 Nephi 1:4, 13
1 Nephi 2:20
1 Nephi 3:17
1 Nephi 4:14
1 Nephi 16:39
1 Nephi 17:3, 38
1 Nephi 18:15, 20
1 Nephi 22:15-17, 22-23, 28
2 Nephi 1:20
2 Nephi 4:4
2 Nephi 13:8-11, 16-17, 24
2 Nephi 26:4, 7-8
2 Nephi 30:10
Jacob 2:14-16, 29
Jacob 3:3-4, 8, 10-11
Omni 5-7
Mosiah 1:7, 13, 17
Mosiah 2:22
Mosiah 7:20, 24-33
Mosiah 9:3
Mosiah 12:8
Mosiah 20:21
Mosiah 21:4, 15
Mosiah 23:9-10
Mosiah 29:18-20
Alma 4:3
Alma 9:12-15, 18-19, 23-24
Alma 10:19-23
Alma 14:6
Alma 15:3-11
Alma 36:1, 3-17, 30
Alma 37:13, 22, 25-26
Alma 38:1
Alma 45:12, 14, 16
Alma 46:8-10
Alma 48:25
Alma 49:19-22
Helaman 3:16, 20, 25-26
Helaman 4:14-15
Helaman 4:23-26
Helaman 7:7-9
Helaman 7:19-23
Helaman 8:26
Helaman 11:4-16
Helaman 13:6-11, 17, 23, 29-33
Helaman 15:1-3, 14, 17
3 Nephi 2:18-19
3 Nephi 3:15, 25
3 Nephi 4:33
3 Nephi 5:3, 22
3 Nephi 8:24-25
3 Nephi 9:2, 9, 12
Mormon 2:8, 10-11
Mormon 4:5, 10-12
Mormon 5:2, 11, 22-24
Mormon 6:7
Ether 2:9, 11
Ether 8:18-19, 23
Ether 9:28-35
Ether 13:17, 22
Ether 14:1, 25
Ether 15:1, 29
Moroni 9:9-15, 22-23
D&C 1:3-4
D&C 3:18
D&C 5:18-22
D&C 29:1-3, 9-11, 17
D&C 34:9
D&C 42:37
D&C 56:1-4, 14-15
D&C 63:13-17
D&C 64:24, 38-40
D&C 82:2-6
D&C 84:49-53
D&C 95:1-2
D&C 98:19-22
D&C 101:1-9
D&C 103:1-8, 36
D&C 105:2-5
D&C 124:50, 52
Moses 8:22-24, 28-30

Prophets Testify of Wickedness

1 Nephi 1:19
1 Nephi 8:37-38
1 Nephi 16:1-3
2 Nephi 1:26-27
2 Nephi 3:20
2 Nephi 25:3, 23
Jacob 2:5-10
Enos 23
Jarom 10-11
Words of Mormon 17
Mosiah 3:13
Mosiah 6:3
Mosiah 11:20-25
Mosiah 12:1, 13-14, 33
Mosiah 13:11
Alma 4:19
Alma 5:49-51
Alma 7:9
Alma 8:25, 28-29
Alma 9:25, 29-30
Alma 16:13
Alma 17:15-16
Alma 29:9
Alma 31:1-2, 5, 9-11, 31
Alma 37:32-35
Alma 62:45
Helaman 13:26
Helaman 14:8-9, 11
3 Nephi 6:20
3 Nephi 7:16
Ether 7:23-26
Ether 12:3
Moroni 7:31
D&C 6:9
D&C 36:6
Moses 5:14-15
Moses 6:1, 23, 27-30, 33, 37, 48-62
Moses 7:1, 10-12

Christ is the Redeemer

1 Nephi 1:19
1 Nephi 9:5-6
2 Nephi 2:5-10, 26
2 Nephi 9:5-12, 19-26
2 Nephi 16:6-7
2 Nephi 26:25-27, 32-33
2 Nephi 33:6
Jacob 4:11-12
Jacob 7:12
Mosiah 3:7-11, 15-19
Mosiah 4:6-8
Mosiah 13:28-30
Mosiah 14:4-12
Mosiah 15:1, 8-12
Mosiah 16:13-15
Mosiah 18:1-2
Mosiah 27:24-25, 28-31
Alma 5:48
Alma 6:8
Alma 7:11-13
Alma 9:26-28
Alma 11:40
Alma 19:13
Alma 21:6-7, 9
Alma 22:12-14
Alma 33:22
Alma 34:7-15
Alma 39:15
Helaman 5:9 (Shafts in the whirlwind)
Helaman 14:13
3 Nephi 9:17
3 Nephi 11:11, 14, 32
3 Nephi 27:13-15
Mormon 9:12-14
Ether 3:14
Moroni 7:27-28
Moroni 8:8
Moroni 9:25
Moroni 10:32-33
D&C 18:10-16
D&C 20:19-25
D&C 21:9
D&C 34:3
D&C 35:2
D&C 46:13-14
D&C 49:5, 8, 26
D&C 53:2
D&C 62:1, 3
D&C 76:38-43, 69
D&C 138:2-4, 19, 23
Moses 5:7-9
Moses 7:30-34, 37-39, 44-48
Article of Faith 3

Wicked Reject the Words of the Prophets

1 Nephi 3:18
1 Nephi 20:18-22
Ether 11:1-2, 5-6, 12-13, 20-22

Righteous (those with Faith) are Chosen as Leaders

1 Nephi 3:29
1 Nephi 12:10-11
1 Nephi 17:35
1 Nephi 18:9-11
Alma 13:10-13, 16-18

Diligence Brings Blessings

1 Nephi 4:1, 34
3 Nephi 8:1
D&C 136:31-33

Spirit Ceases to Help the Wicked

1 Nephi 7:14
2 Nephi 26:10-11
Helaman 6:34-35
Mormon 1:13-14
Mormon 5:16-18
Ether 2:15-16
Ether 15:19
Moroni 8:28
Moroni 9:4-5
D&C 1:33
Moses 8:17

Pray for Forgiveness and to be Kept from Temptation

1 Nephi 7:20-21
1 Nephi 8:7-8
Alma 34:39
3 Nephi 18:14, 18-19
Mormon 9:28-29
D&C 10:5
D&C 20:29-33
D&C 31:12
D&C 61:39
D&C 93:49

Scriptures Provide Guidance

1 Nephi 8:19-20
1 Nephi 15:24
Jacob 7:23
Alma 14:1
Alma 37:9-10
Helaman 3:27-30
3 Nephi 28:34-35
Ether 4:6
D&C 20:80

Faith, Repent, Know and Come Unto Christ

1 Nephi 10:18
1 Nephi 15:14
Omni 25-26
Mosiah 3:12, 21
Mosiah 3:1-3
Mosiah 4:10-12
Mosiah 5:7-8, 15
Mosiah 18:20
Mosiah 25:15, 22
Alma 7:14-16
Alma 22:15-16, 18
Alma 24:8-14, 19
Alma 26:13-15
Alma 34:16-18
Alma 44:4
Alma 58:40-41
Helaman 5:29-30, 40-41
3 Nephi 11:37
Ether 12:27
Moroni 8:24-26
D&C 3:20
D&C 10:67
D&C 11:20
D&C 93:1, 27-28

Judgment will Come (Wicked Cast Off Forever)

1 Nephi 10:20-21
1 Nephi 15:33-36
Jacob 6:5-13
Mosiah 2:32-33, 36-41
Mosiah 3:23-27
Mosiah 16:1-6, 10-12
Mosiah 26:6-7, 11-13, 22-28
Mosiah 27:26-27
Alma 5:18-25, 56-57
Alma 11:41, 44
Alma 12:8, 12, 15-18
Alma 20:17
Alma 22:6
Alma 42:1
Alma 54:6-7
Helaman 13:38-39
Helaman 14:18-19
3 Nephi 25:1-3
3 Nephi 26:4-5
3 Nephi 27:16-21
3 Nephi 30:2
Mormon 6:16-22
Mormon 7:3, 7-8
Mormon 9:3-6
Ether 5:5
D&C 1:9-10, 16, 27
D&C 5:35
D&C 19:3-7, 11-20
D&C 20:13-15
D&C 25:15-16
D&C 59:4
D&C 76:111
D&C 88:17-22, 27-32, 34-40, 85, 121
D&C 133:62-63
Moses 7:66-67
Abraham 3:25-26
JS Matthew 4, 10-11, 30-32

Hardness of the Heart of the Wicked (Pride)

1 Nephi 12:16-18
1 Nephi 14:1-7
1 Nephi 15:10
2 Nephi 28:12-16
Jacob 1:15-16
Jarom 3
Mosiah 11:2, 5, 14, 19
Alma 1:24
Alma 5:31-37
Alma 10:6
Alma 12:13-14
Alma 15:15
Alma 24:30
Alma 31:24-27
Alma 47:36
Alma 62:49-50 (opposite of pride for those blessed)
Helaman 4:11-13
Helaman 7:17-18
Helaman 11:37
Helaman 12:4-6
Mormon 1:16-17
Mormon 3:2-3
D&C 23:1
D&C 38:5-6
Abraham 1:5-6

Opposition in All Things

2 Nephi 2:11, 15, 23-25

Easiness of the Way

1 Nephi 17:40-43
Alma 37:46
Helaman 8:14-15

Free to Choose

2 Nephi 2:27
2 Nephi 9:14-16, 27, 38-39, 45-48
2 Nephi 10:23-25
Mosiah 15:23-27
Mosiah 27:8-11
Alma 3:26
Alma 29:1-5
Alma 32:19
Alma 40:12-14, 25-26
Alma 41:3-15
Alma 46:39, 41
Alma 48:17-18 (Like Unto Moroni, Ammon, Alma, others)
Helman 14:30-31
3 Nephi 27:12
Mormon 3:20-22
Moroni 7:10-19
D&C 29:34-35, 39-45, 49
Article of Faith 2

Broken Heart and Contrite Spirit - Change of Heart

2 Nephi 4:17-19, 26-28, 31-32
Mosiah 5:2
Alma 5:6-13, 26-27
Alma 19:33, 36
Alma 34:30-31
Helaman 3:35
Helaman 15:7-9
3 Nephi 9:20-22
3 Nephi 10:6
3 Nephi 12:19-20
Moroni 6:2-3
D&C 97:6-8
D&C 112:12-13

Devil the Founder of Wickedness

2 Nephi 26:22
2 Nephi 28:18-20
Jacob 7:18-19
Alma 5:41-42
Alma 28:13
Alma 30:53, 60
Helaman 6:30-31
Helaman 16:22-23
3 Nephi 2:1-3
3 Nephi 6:14-18
3 Nephi 7:5, 8
4 Nephi 28, 38-39
D&C 10:20-28
D&C 40:2-3
D&C 104:9-10
Moses 4:3-4
Moses 5:13, 22-23
Moses 6:15
Moses 7:24-26

Repentance Brings about Mercy

2 Nephi 28:17, 32
2 Nephi 30:2
Mosiah 13:14
Mosiah 28:3-4 (Very vilest of sinners)
Alma 12:24-37
Alma 19:29
Alma 26:16-22, 35, 37
Alma 32:22
Alma 33:8, 11
Alma 36:17-24
Alma 38:7-9, 14
3 Nephi 9:13-14
Ether 3:2-3
Ether 11:8
D&C 3:5-10
D&C 24:2
D&C 54:3, 6
D&C 76:5-6
D&C 97:1-2
D&C 109:21, 34

Enduring to the End

2 Nephi 31:15, 20
Alma 32:13-16
Alma 38:2
3 Nephi 15:9-10
D&C 50:5-9

Chastity

Jacob 2:28, 31, 33-35
Jacob 3:12
Alma 38:12
Alma 39:3-13
D&C 42:25-26, 74-77

Faith Brings Repentance

Enos 2-8

Many Ways to Sin

Mosiah 4:29-30

As Often as We Repent, He will Forgive

Mosiah 26:29-31, 35-36
Moroni 6:7-8
D&C 1:31-32

Cannot be Saved in Sin

Alma 11:34, 37

Now is the Time to Repent - Do Not Procrastinate

Alma 13:21-22, 27-30
Alma 34:32-37
Alma 42:4-5, 10-31

Confess Sins

Helaman 16:1, 5
D&C 58:42-43, 60
D&C 59:12
D&C 61:2
D&C 64:7

Forgive Others to Be Forgiven

3 Nephi 13:14-15
3 Nephi 14:1-5
D&C 64:8-13
D&C 82:1

Sorrow unto Repentance

Mormon 2:12-15, 19, 26-27

Despair Comes because of Iniquity

Moroni 10:22

Stirred up Unto Repentance

D&C 18:6

Mysteries Given to those Who Keep the Commandments

D&C 63:23

Former Sins Return

D&C 82:7

Important Areas on Repentance

1 Nephi 8 (Lehi's vision of the Tree of Life)
1 Nephi 11-15 (Nephi's version of the Tree of Life)
1 Nephi 17:40-43 (Easiness of the way - Brass Serpent)
1 Nephi 17:45 (Swift to do iniquity - Slow to remember the Lord; Past Feeling)
2 Nephi 2 (Lehi to Jacob - Opposition in all things - Agency to choose)
2 Nephi 9 (Jacob teaches about Atonement - Penalties for sin)
Jacob 2 (Jacob teaches about wickedness)
Mosiah 27 and Alma 36 (Alma the Younger Experience)
Alma 5 (Questions of Alma to the people of Zarahemla)
Alma 7:11-16 (Pain, affliction and temptations of Christ – Succor the people)
Alma 45:18-19 (Alma taken by the spirit, a sinful man becomes righteous)
Helaman 11:4-16 (Nephi asks for famine and then to have it abated)
Helaman 12:20-26 (Endless misery or everlasting life)
Helaman 13:38-39 (Procrastinated your repentance - Destruction is made sure)
3 Nephi 6:14-18 (Did not sin ignorantly - Willfully rebel against God)
3 Nephi 7:8 (Dog to his vomit)
Mormon 2:12-15 (Sorrowing was not unto repentance)
D&C 59:4 (Commandments not a few)
D&C 101:1-9 (Chastened and tried, even like Abraham)

Suggested Readings to Assist Understanding

"The Miracle of Forgiveness", President Spencer W. Kimball.
"The Broken Heart", Elder Bruce C. Hafen.
"Believing Christ", Stephen E. Robinson.
"Forgiveness, Christ's Priceless Gift", Brent L. Top. (Revised edition of "Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet")
"The Mediator", Elder Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, May 1977.
"The Balm of Gilead", Elder Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, Nov. 1977.
"Balm of Gilead", Elder Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, Nov. 1987.
"The Atonement: All for All", Elder Bruce C. Hafen, Ensign, Apr. 2004.
"Peace of Conscience and Peace of Mind", Elder Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 2004.

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