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D&C 97:7 · Alma 5:52

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 97:7
"The ax is laid at the root of the trees; and every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire."
Book of Mormon Alma 5:52
"Behold, the ax is laid at the root of the tree; therefore every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire, yea, a fire which cannot be consumed, even an unquenchable fire."

Shared words: every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire

Divergences: number - 'the root of the trees' against 'the root of the tree'; the record's verse continues into 'a fire which cannot be consumed, even an unquenchable fire', which the revelation has no counterpart for, closing instead on 'I, the Lord, have spoken it'. The gospels carry the proverb with the plural the revelation uses but a different verb of laying ('the axe is laid unto the root of the trees', Matthew 3:10; the same at Luke 3:9), and both are disclosed, not paired, because the record's 'laid at the root' matches the revelation where the gospels' 'laid unto the root' does not. 'the ax is laid at the root of the trees' stands at exactly one distinct frozen verse in the corpus; 'hewn down and cast into the fire' at eighteen.

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