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Mosiah 13:29 · 1 Nephi 17:45

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Book of Mormon Mosiah 13:29
"they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God"
Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 17:45
"Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God"

Shared words: slow to remember the Lord

Near-verbatim antithesis. Divergences: 'quick' vs 'swift'; 'and' vs 'but'; third person ('they were', 'the Lord their God') vs Nephi's second person ('Ye are', 'the Lord your God'). Supporting occurrence inside this colony's own record: 'for we were slow to remember the Lord our God' (Mosiah 9:3, Zeniff).

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