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D&C 63:33 · Hebrews 4:3

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 63:33
"I have sworn in my wrath, and decreed wars upon the face of the earth, and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man;"
New Testament Hebrews 4:3
"For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world."

Shared words: I have sworn in my wrath

The six-word run 'I have sworn in my wrath' stands at exactly two distinct frozen verses in the corpus, these two. What is sworn parts them completely: the letter's oath is a refusal of entry into rest, this verse's a decree of wars. The letter is itself quoting ('as he said', Hebrews 4:3) and the corpus carries the sentence it quotes twice more in a different verb form, therefore excluded from that count: 'So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)' (Hebrews 3:11) and 'Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.' (Psalms 95:11). The looser probe 'in my wrath' returns seven distinct frozen verses in the corpus — those four plus Alma 12:35, Hosea 13:11, and Isaiah 60:10 — and both figures are given so a reader can see which boundary is doing the work. Three clauses of this verse stand at exactly one frozen verse in the corpus each: 'decreed wars', 'the wicked shall slay the wicked', and 'fear shall come upon every man'.

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