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Alma 37:6 · 1 Nephi 16:29

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Book of Mormon Alma 37:6
"by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise"
Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 16:29
"by small means the Lord can bring about great things"

Shared words: small means

Shared core: Nephi's 'by small means the Lord can bring about great things' (16:29), taken up at 37:6 in both halves — 'by small and simple things are great things brought to pass' and 'small means in many instances doth confound the wise'. Nephi's 16:29 is his editorial aside about the Liahona's self-writing text; Alma, holding that very director, generalizes the maxim into the governing doctrine of all the sacred records. 37:7 doubles the pairing ('by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise') - chain-noted.