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D&C 3:2 · Alma 7:20

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 3:2
"For God doth not walk in crooked paths, neither doth he turn to the right hand nor to the left, neither doth he vary from that which he hath said, therefore his paths are straight, and his course is one eternal round."
Book of Mormon Alma 7:20
"that he cannot walk in crooked paths; neither doth he vary from that which he hath said; neither hath he a shadow of turning from the right to the left, or from that which is right to that which is wrong; therefore, his course is one eternal round."

Shared words: neither doth he vary from that which he hath said

Three clauses shared: crooked paths, no varying from what he hath said, and one eternal round. Divergences: 'doth not walk' for 'cannot walk'; the right-and-left clause stands second in the revelation and third in Alma, and reads 'turn to the right hand nor to the left' against Alma's 'a shadow of turning from the right to the left'; the revelation adds 'therefore his paths are straight' before the eternal-round clause, which Alma lacks. 'one eternal round' stands at five frozen verses: these two, Alma 37:12, 1 Nephi 10:19, D&C 35:1.

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