Evil

• 1 Thessalonians 5:22…Abstain from all appearance of evil.
• Alma 5:40…That which is good is from God, that which is evil is from the devil.
• Mosiah 24: 8…Children follow their parent’s evil counsel
• Alma 12:31…To become as God –knowing good from evil.
• 2 Nephi 2:5…Men are taught sufficiently to know good from evil (prophets, scriptures, angels, Christ)
• 2 Nephi 2:29…Choosing evil gives Satan power to (1) captivate; (2) Bring you down to hell; (3) Reign over you in his kingdom
• “”The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. “Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. “If thy whole body, therefore, be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light”.” Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland) Kindle Loc. 1256-60
• “For nearly six thousand years, God has held you in reserve to make your appearance in the final days before the Second Coming of the Lord. Every previous gospel dispensation has drifted into apostasy, but ours will not… God has saved for the final inning some of his strongest children, who will help bear off the Kingdom triumphantly. And that is where you come in, for you are the generation that must be prepared to meet your God. All through the ages, the prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our day. Billions of the deceased and those yet to be born have their eyes on us. Make no mistake about it – you are a marked generation. There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short period of time as there is of us. Never before on the face of this earth have the forces of evil and the forces of good been as well organized…. …Each day we personally make many decisions that show where our support will go. The final outcome is certain – the forces of righteousness will finally win. What remains to be seen is where each of us personally, now and in the future, will stand in this fight – and how tall we will stand. Will we be true to our last-days, foreordained mission?” (Ezra Taft Benson, “In His Steps,” Speeches of the Year 1979, 59-60)
• “…The test of what is evil is not its degree but its effect.” (Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, May 2005, 89)
• “Stephen Biko in South Africa, during apartheid, wrote, “The greatest tool in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
• Moroni 7:11…11  For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follows Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil.
• Alma 17: 13…  And it came to pass when they had arrived in the borders of the land of the Lamanites, that they separated themselves and departed one from another, trusting in the Lord that they should meet again at the close of their harvest; for they supposed that great was the work which they had undertaken.  14 And assuredly it was great, for they had undertaken to preach the word of God to a wild and a hardened and a ferocious people; a people who delighted in murdering the Nephites, and robbing and plundering them; and their hearts were set upon riches, or upon gold and silver, and precious stones; yet they sought to obtain these things by murdering and plundering, that they might not labor for them with their own hands.  15 Thus they were a very indolent people, many of whom did worship idols, and the curse of God had fallen upon them because of the traditions of their fathers; notwithstanding the promises of the Lord were extended unto them on the conditions of repentance. 16 Therefore, this was the cause for which the sons of Mosiah had undertaken the work, that perhaps they might bring them unto repentance; that perhaps they might bring them to know of the plan of redemption.  17 Therefore they separated themselves one from another, and went forth among them, every man alone, according to the word and power of God which was given unto him.
• Mosiah 2:32 -33… 32  But, O my people, beware lest there shall arise contentions among you, and ye list to obey the evil spirit, which was spoken of by my father Mosiah. 33  For behold, there is a wo pronounced upon him who listeth to obey that spirit; for if he listeth to obey him, and remaineth and dieth in his sins, the same drinketh damnation to his own soul; for he receiveth for his wages an everlasting punishment, having transgressed the law of God contrary to his own knowledge.
•  Mosiah 3:25 -27… 25  And if they are evil they are consigned to an awful view of their own guilt and abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the presence of the Lord into a state of misery and endless torment, from whence they can no more return; therefore they have drunk damnation to their own souls. 26  Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of God, which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny that Adam should fall because of his partaking of the forbidden fruit; therefore, mercy could have a claim on them no more forever. 27 And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever. Thus hath the Lord commanded me. Amen
• “”The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. “Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. “If thy whole body, therefore, be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light” (Luke 11:34–36).”  Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland) Kindle Loc. 1256-60
• Omni 1: 25… And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no seed, and knowing king Benjamin to be a just man before the Lord, wherefore, I shall deliver up these plates unto him, exhorting all men to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying, and in revelations, and in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of speaking with tongues, and in the gift of interpreting languages, and in all things which are good; for there is nothing which is good save it comes from the Lord: and that which is evil cometh from the devil.
• Mosiah 3: 25-27… Being evil, you are drinking damnation to your soul and will be in a state of misery and endless torment as you shrink from the presence of the Lord.  Justice must be served and mercy will have no claim. Their torment is like fire and brimstone, with unquenchable flames.
• “Stepen Biko in South Africa, during apartheid, wrote, “The greatest tool in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
•  March 12th, 1995 – Sunday.  Quito, Ecuador… “Satan and his angels blind us, confuse us, and give us a feeling of emptiness.  The air around us feels dry and creepy, and Satan tries to give you feelings of comfort.  Bologna!  The Spirit on the other hand is the opposite.  A feeling of surety, of comfort, and of love.  When you’re in a room, you don’t feel alone but you have no worries or confusion.”  – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
• Jacob 5: 48… And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard–have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good? And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves. Behold, I say, is not this the cause that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?
• “There are two influences in the world today and have been from the beginning. One is an influence that is constructive, that radiates happiness and that builds character. The other influence is one that destroys, turns men into demons, tears down and discourages. We are all susceptible to both. The one comes from our Heavenly Father and the other comes from the source of evil that has been in the world from the beginning seeking to bring about the destruction of the human family.”  Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, 2010, Page 9
• “A man once said to me—or remarked in a place where I happened to be—“Why these people here seem to think I am full of the devil, but I am not.” And I said to him, “My brother, did you ever know anybody that was full of the devil and knew it?” That is one of the tricks of the devil: To get possession of you and keep you from knowing it. And that is one of our difficulties.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, 2010, Page 11
•  Alma 12:31…Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, they having first transgressed the first commandments as to things which were temporal, and becoming as gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to act, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good—
• Omni 1:25…And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no seed, and knowing king Benjamin to be a just man before the Lord, wherefore, I shall deliver up these plates unto him, exhorting all men to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying, and in revelations, and in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of speaking with tongues, and in the gift of interpreting languages, and in all things which are good; for there is nothing which is good save it comes from the Lord: and that which is evil cometh from the devil.
• “As the influences of the world increasingly embrace the evil, we must strive with all diligence to stay firmly on the path that leads us safely to our Savior.” General Conference, Beckey Creaven, April 2019